Author Archives: Syndicated Content
South Africa to get firm date on delivery of vaccine by early January, experts say
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa will have a firm date on when it will get COVID-19 vaccine in the first few days of January, a senior health ministry official told a television news channel on T...
Dec 31, 2020
British PM Johnson's father applying for French citizenship
PARIS (Reuters) - The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was in the process of applying for a French passport to maintain his ties with the European Union after Brexit....
Dec 31, 2020
U.S. blocks palm oil imports from Malaysia's Sime Darby over forced labour allegations
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The United States has banned imports of palm oil from Malaysian producer Sime Darby Plantation from Wednesday over allegations of forced labour during production, the U.S. Cus...
Dec 31, 2020
Britain says decision to suspend U.S. tariffs already paying off
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday its decision to suspend retaliatory tariffs against the United States was already bearing fruit after it was spared in a new round of U.S. tariff increases ...
Dec 31, 2020
UK names Tesco and Pizza Hut for biggest breaches of minimum wage law
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Tesco and Pizza Hut were the two biggest offenders among 139 employers who failed to pay staff the minimum wage between 2016 and 2018, Britain's government announc...
Dec 31, 2020
Israel expects to get Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine by March, minister says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel expects to begin receiving Moderna Inc.'s coronavirus vaccines by March "at the latest", Health Minister Yuli Edelstein told Ynet TV on Thursday. In June, Israel signed an...
Dec 31, 2020
Turkey to announce interim Sinovac results in mid-Jan -head of study
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's trials of COVID-19 vaccines from China's Sinovac will reach interim results in mid-January with at least 40 infected cases, a key threshold for approvals, the coordinator o...
Dec 31, 2020
Israel juggles supplies, pace in bid for full vaccination of at-risk groups
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is juggling supplies and pace in its COVID-19 vaccination drive in the hope of meeting a late-January goal of full protection for its most vulnerable peopl...
Dec 31, 2020
Dutch lockdown to last at least to mid-February - health chief
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A national lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the Netherlands will probably have to last at least until mid-February and even then can only be partially lifted, on...
Dec 31, 2020
Vatican denies knowledge of $1.8 billion transferred to Australia
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican and the Australian Catholic Church have both denied knowledge of transfers worth US$1.8 billion which Australia's financial watchdog says have b...
Dec 31, 2020
