Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Smartphone shipments within China down 31.8% year-on-year in Feb -govt data
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shipments of smartphones within China fell 31.8% year-on-year to 14.5 million handsets in February, the China Academy of Information and Communications (CAICT) reported on Monday....
Mar 21, 2022
AstraZeneca COVID drug neutralizes Omicron sub-variants in study
(Corrects typographical error in paragraph 1) (Reuters) - AstraZeneca said its antibody-based cocktail to prevent and treat COVID-19 was shown to retain neutralising activity against Omicron coronavir...
Mar 21, 2022
Russian car maker Avtovaz partially halts production over shortages
(Reuters) - Top Russian carmaker Avtovaz said on Monday it was partially halting production at its plants in Togliatti and Izhevsk on March 21-25 due because of to shortages of electronic parts. Avtov...
Mar 21, 2022
India considers widening COVID booster effort to all adults, sources say
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is considering making all adults eligible for booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Monday, as infections gr...
Mar 21, 2022
France’s COVID-19 infections spike week-on-week following easing of restrictions
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported an average of close to 90,000 new coronavirus infections over the last seven days, marking a 36% rise from one week ago when most COVID-19 health protocol measures we...
Mar 21, 2022
Moderna to supply additional 7 million doses of COVID booster vaccine to Switzerland
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Monday it has signed a new agreement with Switzerland for the supply of another seven million doses of its COVID-19 booster vaccine for delivery in 2023. The agreement ...
Mar 21, 2022
Lonza signs manufacturing agreement with Oasmia for ovarian cancer drug
ZURICH (Reuters) - Lonza Group said on Monday it signed a manufacturing agreement with Sweden's Oasmia Pharmaceutical for ovarian cancer drug candidate Cantrixil that was licensed by Oasmia from the A...
Mar 21, 2022
UK says bulk of Russian forces more than 25 kms from centre of Kyiv
(Reuters) - Russian forces advancing on Kyiv from the north-east have stalled and the bulk of its forces remain more than 25 kilometres from the centre of the city, British military intelligence said ...
Mar 21, 2022
Ocean warming threatens more frequent bleaching of Great Barrier Reef -report
By Sonali Paul and James Redmayne MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Waters off Australia face more frequent and severe marine heatwaves that threaten the Great Barrier Reef, a report said on Monday, as a United N...
Mar 21, 2022
German resort’s rift over Russian oligarch resonates across country
By Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German politician who mobilized a protest against a now-sanctioned Russian resident of his resort town has attracted a following, but also angry emails and a threat...
Mar 21, 2022
