Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hailing 'turning point', Britain begins roll-out of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will start rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech on Tuesday, the first Western country to start vaccinating its general populat...
Dec 07, 2020
Japan's household spending rebounds from initial COVID-19 hit
By Leika Kihara and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's household spending rose in October for the first time in over a year, government data showed on Tuesday, a sign the economy was gradually eme...
Dec 07, 2020
South Korea to allocate 72.4% of 2021 fiscal outlays in first half
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea plans to spend most of its annual fiscal budget in the first half of 2021 to shore up growth hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the finance ministry said on Tuesday. A tota...
Dec 07, 2020
Biden has chosen retired General Lloyd Austin for defense secretary -Politico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has chosen retired General Lloyd Austin for defense secretary, Politico reported on Monday, citing three people with knowledge of the discussions....
Dec 07, 2020
Vettel has big shoes to fill as Perez's replacement, says Brawn
LONDON (Reuters) - Four-times world champion Sebastian Vettel now has big shoes to fill next season after Sergio Perez won Sunday's Sakhir Grand Prix for Racing Point, Formula One's motorsport managin...
Dec 07, 2020
UK retail sales growth slows as November lockdown hits non-food sales - BRC
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales growth slowed in November when non-essential stores shut as part of a four-week lockdown in England, but online sales were able to fill more o...
Dec 07, 2020
Chadwick Boseman, Trump and pop group BTS dominate Twitter in 2020
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The announcement of the death of "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman was the most shared on Twitter worldwide in 2020, and got the most "likes" of any Tweet ever, the social ...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. AstraZeneca vaccine trial will clear confusion on how well it works: U.S. scientist
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - A top U.S. scientist overseeing COVID-19 vaccine trials expects a large U.S. study to determine how effective AstraZeneca's experimental inoculation is, follow...
Dec 07, 2020
Japan's third quartre GDP revised up to annualised 22.9% growth
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew an annualised 22.9% in July-September, better than the initial estimate of a 21.4% expansion, revised data from the Cabinet Office showed on Tuesday, as it rebou...
Dec 07, 2020
China foreign minister pledges to uphold trade deal during Biden administration - US-China business council
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi assured U.S. executives during a videoconference on Sunday that Beijing remained committed to the Phase 1 trade deal with the United States, the...
Dec 07, 2020
