Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UN agency seeks extra $204 million for Zimbabwe as hunger bites
HARARE (Reuters) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday appealed for an additional $204 million to support 4 million of the most food insecure Zimbabweans for the next six months....
Dec 17, 2020
EU watchdog sets out 'evolutionary' change to insurance capital rules
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union's capital rules for insurers need changing to reflect low interest rates and the need stronger supervisory powers to tackle risks, the bloc's insurance watchdog s...
Dec 17, 2020
Inside a military base in Ethiopia's Tigray: soldiers decry betrayal by former comrades
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Rebellious soldiers used government tanks to attack their former comrades in a military base in the first chaotic days of Ethiopia's month-long war in the region of Tigray, acc...
Dec 17, 2020
EU concludes preliminary talks to buy up to 200 million doses of Novavax COVID vaccine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has concluded preliminary talks with U.S. firm Novavax to secure up to 200 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, a Commission spokesman said on Thurs...
Dec 17, 2020
Italian fishermen detained in Libya have been freed -Italian foreign min
ROME (Reuters) - A group of 18 sailors who were seized by Libyan patrol boats in September while fishing in the Mediterranean, have been freed by authorities in eastern Libya, Italian Foreign Minister...
Dec 17, 2020
Crypto firm Paxos raises $142 million in latest funding round
(Reuters) - Cryptocurrency firm Paxos said on Thursday it raised about $142 million from its series C round of funding from investors including Paypal Ventures, Declaration Partners and Ken Moelis amo...
Dec 17, 2020
Vietnam arrests popular Facebook user for "anti-state" posts
HANOI (Reuters) - Police in Vietnam have arrested a well-known Facebook user over allegations of abusing democratic freedom and publishing posts against the state, state media reported on Thursday. Tr...
Dec 17, 2020
Divert arms money to fight COVID-19, ensure vaccine for all, pope says
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged world leaders on Thursday to divert funds used for armaments to confront problems such as the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure vaccines reach...
Dec 17, 2020
From Navajo Nation to New Orleans, challenges arise in vaccine roll out
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - From the wide-open spaces of a U.S. tribal nation to urban hospital emergency rooms, doctors, nurses and delivery people are wrestling with challenges in the ...
Dec 17, 2020
Swiss National Bank sees no alternative to expansive policy to tackle COVID-19
By John Revill and Silke Koltrowitz ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank paid no heed to being branded a currency manipulator by the United States, promising on Thursday to continue an expansive...
Dec 17, 2020
