Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia delivers Sputnik V vaccine to St Petersburg after shortage problems
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia delivered on Friday the first batch of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to St Petersburg since late February after shortage problems prompted the city to partially suspend i...
Mar 19, 2021
Daily Mirror publisher says most staff to work from home post-pandemic
(Reuters) - Most of the staff at Reach Plc will continue to work from home even after coronavirus restrictions are lifted, the owner of the Daily Mirror newspaper said on Friday, helping it further cu...
Mar 19, 2021
Mexican president thanks Biden for COVID shots to ease shortage
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president thanked his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden on Friday for agreeing to provide 2.7 million COVID-19 vaccines to help offset a shortfall in its inoculation drive. P...
Mar 19, 2021
Finland suspends use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland has suspended the use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine while it investigates two possible cases of blood clots, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare said on Friday....
Mar 19, 2021
U.S. backs distance of three feet between students, which may help schools open
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday updated its COVID-19 mitigation guidance to narrow the acceptable distance between students who are wearing masks to at least three feet fro...
Mar 19, 2021
Italy to detail 32 billion euros of stimulus, extend ban on firing
By Giuseppe Fonte and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Mario Draghi's Italian government will detail some 32 billion euros ($38.05 billion) of stimulus measures on Friday to support the battered economy, ...
Mar 19, 2021
U.S. Justice Department probing Visa over debit-card practices: WSJ
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating if Visa Inc is engaging in anticompetitive practices in the debit-card market, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people fam...
Mar 19, 2021
G7 makes progress on pandemic relief for poorer nations: UK
LONDON (Reuters) - The Group of Seven industrialised nations took a step towards boosting International Monetary Fund reserves to help provide more support for developing countries to cope with the pa...
Mar 19, 2021
'How to end a war you didn't win': Yemen's Houthis seek Saudi concessions
By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis say a U.S. plan for a ceasefire in their six-year war against a Saudi-led military coalition does not go far enough, and are ramping up pressure o...
Mar 19, 2021
G7 ministers backed new help for low-income countries, Japan's Aso says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Financial leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations backed a new allocation of special drawing rights at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help low-income countries, Jap...
Mar 19, 2021
