Author Archives: Syndicated Content
India sends first vaccine doses to Africa under WHO's COVAX programme
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will on Tuesday make its first shipment of a locally made COVID-19 shot to the WHO-backed equitable vaccine distribution network COVAX, the government said. "Fulfilling our...
Thomson Reuters Feb 23, 2021
Britain agrees to EU request for more time to ratify Brexit trade deal
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has agreed to the European Union's request to delay ratification of their post-Brexit trade agreement until April 30, cabinet office minister Michael Gove said on Tuesday. E...
Thomson Reuters Feb 23, 2021
Sovereign wealth funds pull $16.3 billion from market strategies in fourth quarter
By Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) - Sovereign wealth funds pulled $16.3 billion from public market investment strategies, largely equities, in the fourth quarter, the most in almost four years, driven la...
Thomson Reuters Feb 23, 2021
Former U.S. House sergeant-at-arms denies 'optics' dictated security at Capitol Jan. 6
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. House sergeant-at-arms Paul Irving Tuesday denied authorities had rejected having National Guard troops working at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 alongside Capitol Polic...
Thomson Reuters Feb 23, 2021
U.N. must do more to ensure equal vaccine access, Mexico says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday urged the United Nations to do more to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, particularly among poorer countrie...
Thomson Reuters Feb 23, 2021
'No fourth lockdown': Ireland to set out cautious reopening plan
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will set out a broad and gradual plan to reopen its economy on Tuesday to ensure there is no fourth lockdown, a minister said, as the more infectious UK CO...
Thomson Reuters Feb 23, 2021
Top Amazon India executive questioned by police over video series
By Saurabh Sharma and Shilpa Jamkhandikar LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Indian police in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh questioned a top Amazon executive for nearly four hours on Tuesday over allega...
Thomson Reuters Feb 23, 2021
Italy OKs Dorsey's Square Inc, China's Tencent to invest in startup Satispay: source
ROME (Reuters) - Italy has given Square Inc, the mobile payments firm of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, and China's Tencent a conditional green light to invest in Italian start-up Satispay, a source ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 23, 2021
Czech free-diver breaks ice-swim world record
LAHOST, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Czech free-diver David Vencl swam nearly 81 metres (265.75 ft) beneath the ice on Tuesday, breaking the world record after braving the freezing water wearing only a ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 23, 2021
EU calls on China to allow 'meaningful access' to Xinjiang
GENEVA (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called on China on Tuesday to allow U.N. human rights boss Michelle Bachelet to visit and investigate alleged mistreatment of Musli...
Thomson Reuters Feb 23, 2021
