Author Archives: Syndicated Content
WHO says deal with Pfizer to allow poor countries to start vaccinating in Feb.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Friday it had reached an agreement with Pfizer for 40 million doses of its vaccine against COVID-19, allowing it to begin vaccinating people in...
Jan 22, 2021
Swiss court finds Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz guilty of corruption
GENEVA (Reuters) - A Swiss criminal court found Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz guilty of corruption on Friday and sentenced him to five years in jail, delivering a landmark verdict in one of the m...
Jan 22, 2021
Evidence new COVID variant causes higher mortality: UK PM Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday there was evidence a new variant of COVID-19 discovered late last year could be associated with higher mortality. "We've been inf...
Jan 22, 2021
Chinese vaping firm RLX valued at nearly $35 billion in U.S. market debut
(Reuters) - American depositary shares of RLX Technology Inc jumped 86% in their U.S. stock market debut on Friday, giving the Chinese vaping firm a market capitalization of nearly $35 billion. RLX's ...
Jan 22, 2021
U.S. Bank Stadium water seepage problem will take $800,000 fix
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority will spend $800,000 from a contingency fund to fix a water seepage problem at U.S. Bank Stadium. The repair payment was negotiated with the stad...
Jan 22, 2021
Hank Aaron, baseball’s one-time home run king, dies at 86
By: Paul Newberry ATLANTA - Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth's home run record and gracefully left his mark as one of baseball's greatest all-a...
Jan 22, 2021
Pfizer finishes enrolling kids in its COVID-19 vaccine study
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Friday it had finished enrolling children aged between 12 and 15 in a study testing its COVID-19 vaccine, as the U.S. drugmaker seeks to expand the shot's use among diff...
Jan 22, 2021
French Indian Ocean territory to keep COVID-19 shots at secret location
PARIS (Reuters) - France's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte will store its first vials of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at a secret and secure location when they arrive on Sunday to deter would-be thie...
Jan 22, 2021
Man accused of murdering NYC elderly housing residents due in court
(Reuters) - A man accused of murdering at least three elderly residents of a senior housing development in New York City over the span of six years was due to appear in a Brooklyn court on Friday. The...
Jan 22, 2021
Astrazeneca says initial EU delivery volumes of COVID-19 vaccine to fall short
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - AstraZeneca said initial deliveries to the European Union of the COVID-19 vaccine it is developing with Oxford University will fall short of the targeted volumes because of a gli...
Jan 22, 2021
