Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Swiss boost COVID-19 vaccine reservations with shots from Pfizer, WHO-led programme
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has reserved 16 million doses of potential COVID-19 vaccines, the government said on Wednesday, announcing a new 3.2 million-dose reservation with a World Health Organiz...
Nov 11, 2020
Facebook extends ban on political ads for another month
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc is extending its temporary ban on new political advertisements for another month, it said in an email to advertisers on Wednesday. (Reporting by Elizabeth Culliford and Ayanti...
Nov 11, 2020
Sullivan wins re-election in Alaska, giving Republicans 50 seats in U.S. Senate: Edison Research
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska won re-election, Edison Research projected on Wednesday, giving his party exactly half of the Senate's 100 seats with two races ou...
Nov 11, 2020
Bird flu identified in wild birds in southwest England
LONDON (Reuters) - Bird flu has been identified in a small number of wild birds in southwest England, Britain's environment department said in a statement on Wednesday. "The UK's Chief Veterinary Offi...
Nov 11, 2020
EU lawmakers back U.S. lobster deal after Biden election win
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers have backed a small trade deal with the United States to remove EU tariffs on U.S. lobsters following Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the U.S. presidentia...
Nov 11, 2020
Indian TV anchor freed on bail after alleged suicide abetment
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to the head of a nationalist TV channel, a week after he was arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of an interior decorator, a ...
Nov 11, 2020
Austria proposes indefinite detention for those posing terrorist threat
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria plans to make it possible for courts to imprison those convicted of terrorism-related offences for as long as they are deemed a threat, the government said on Wednesday. The...
Nov 11, 2020
CEO sells stock worth $5.6 million on same day as Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine update
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla has sold stake worth $5.56 million, according to a regulatory filing that showed the sale was made on Monday, the same day the drugmaker re...
Nov 11, 2020
Ukraine approves lockdown restrictions at weekends to fight COVID spread
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's government on Wednesday will introduce a lockdown at weekends to strengthened measures to curb the rapid spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said. He sai...
Nov 11, 2020
Markets in V-mode: vaccine hopes, Biden bounce in play
By Ritvik Carvalho and Thyagaraju Adinarayan LONDON (Reuters) - Joe Biden's U.S. presidential election win and a promising vaccine breakthrough have combined to propel global stock markets to record h...
Nov 11, 2020
