Author Archives: Syndicated Content
BioNTech says 140,000 vaccinated in Britain so far
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine has been given to 140,000 people in Britain, and the feedback on side effects and tolerability has been reassuring, BioNTech's chief medica...
Dec 17, 2020
Russia to ramp up support for Ukraine's rebel-held east - Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia would ramp up its support for Ukraine's rebel-controlled eastern Donbass region where conflict broke out in 2014 between pro-Mo...
Dec 17, 2020
Coronavirus won't stop Japanese firms buying abroad, says Suntory CEO
By Ritsuko Ando TOKYO (Reuters) - The chief executive of Japanese beverage maker Suntory Holdings said on Thursday the coronavirus crisis and other geopolitical risks would not deter his company or ot...
Dec 17, 2020
Putin says report about Kremlin critic Navalny's alleged poisoners was 'trick' to attack Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a joint media investigation that identified named individuals as state security assassins responsible for the poisoning of Kremlin crit...
Dec 17, 2020
EU's Barnier: good progress, last stumbling blocks in UK trade talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Thursday that "good progress" was being made in UK talks and that "last stumbling blocks" stood in the way of sealing a new trade pact....
Dec 17, 2020
Top EU court finds Hungary guilty of breaking asylum rules
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Court of Justice of the European Union said on Thursday that Hungary has broken EU laws designed to protect vulnerable migrants and refugees by blocking their right to apply f...
Dec 17, 2020
Putin says he hopes Biden will improve Russia-U.S. ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he hoped U.S. President-elect Joe Biden would help resolve some of the difficult issues in relations between Moscow and Washington. Speakin...
Dec 17, 2020
Israel to halt sweeping COVID-19 cellphone surveillance next month
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will next month halt its cellphone tracking of coronavirus cases except for carriers who refuse epidemiological questioning or in the event of a surge in c...
Dec 17, 2020
Gandalf actor Ian McKellen euphoric after receiving COVID-19 vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Ian McKellen, who played the wizard Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings movies, said he was euphoric after receiving his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and urg...
Dec 17, 2020
EU to order more Pfizer vaccine after declining earlier offer
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will take up its option to buy up to 100 million more doses of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine after turning down an opportunity i...
Dec 17, 2020
