Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Roivant Sciences founder to step down as CEO
(Reuters) - The founder of Roivant Sciences will step down from the role of chief executive officer, the SoftBank-backed biotechnology company said on Monday. Chief Financial Officer Matt Gline will r...
Jan 25, 2021
Portugal ramps up vaccination as medical staff 'feel like crying' over out-of-control pandemic
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's firefighters, police, and people over 50 with pre-existing conditions will start getting COVID-19 jabs from next week, the government said on Monday, a...
Jan 25, 2021
U.S. Senate aims to pass COVID-19 bill ahead of Trump trial: lawmaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is aiming to pass COVID-19 relief legislation before former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial begins in early February, a lawmaker said on Monday, amid ...
Jan 25, 2021
IMF to intensify focus on economic impact of climate change, Georgieva
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund views climate change as a fundamental risk to economic and financial stability, its chief said on Monday, mapping out the IMF's ...
Jan 25, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court spurns former New York lawmaker Silver's appeal
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by Sheldon Silver, the once-powerful New York State Assembly Speaker, of his conviction on corruption charge...
Jan 25, 2021
One in five German businesses faces liquidity squeeze - survey
BERLIN (Reuters) - One in five German companies is facing a liquidity squeeze amid a second lockdown that has seen most stores and schools shuttered since mid-December, a survey of 18,000 businesses b...
Jan 25, 2021
Exclusive: Pfizer wants India to order COVID-19 vaccine before pursuing approval
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc will pursue its request for India to approve its COVID-19 vaccine if the government commits to buying shots, the U.S. drugmaker told Reuters on Monda...
Jan 25, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court ends anti-corruption lawsuits against Trump
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - Five days after the end of Donald Trump's presidency, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday halted lawsuits accusing him of violating the U.S. Constitution's anti-corruption pro...
Jan 25, 2021
U.S. blocks Hong Kong's escalation of WTO trade dispute
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States on Monday blocked a decision by Hong Kong to escalate a Trump-era trade disagreement at the World Trade Organization, in its first meeting on disputes at the Genev...
Jan 25, 2021
Thirteen dead, thousands homeless in southern Africa after storm Eloise
By Kirthana Pillay and Emma Rumney JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The death toll from storm Eloise rose to at least 13 on Monday after heavy winds, rain and flooding destroyed buildings, drowned crops and d...
Jan 25, 2021
