Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Austria to lift most COVID-19 restrictions by March 5
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria will lift most of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions by March 5, including scrapping an earlier closing time of midnight for bars and restaurants and allowing night clubs t...
Feb 16, 2022
Hungary ready to take care of potential refugees from Ukraine if needed -govt
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary could take care of tens of thousands of potential refugees from Ukraine if needed, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Wednesday. "Asylum rules are clear,...
Feb 16, 2022
Russian threat to Ukraine to remain critical in February, intelligence official says
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russian military exercises are at their peak stage and the risk of Russian aggression against Ukraine will remain high for the rest of February, a senior Western i...
Feb 16, 2022
BioNTech pledges African access to its future cancer drugs
(Reuters) - Germany's BioNTech, which is preparing to produce its COVID-19 vaccine or other disease-preventing shots in Africa, said that novel cancer therapies it is working on will in future be avai...
Feb 16, 2022
Futures largely flat ahead of retail sales data, Fed minutes
By Susan Mathew (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures eased on Wednesday with retail sales data and minutes of the Federal Reserve's last meeting on investors' radar, while Western skepticism over Russ...
Feb 16, 2022
Low risk of sovereign rating pressures from Ukraine tensions, Moody’s says
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The risk of material credit rating pressures from the current tensions between Russia and Ukraine is low, Moody's said on Wednesday, unless the situation continues for...
Feb 16, 2022
UK police to probe cash-for-honours allegations at Prince Charles’s charity
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Wednesday they had begun an investigation into allegations contained in media reports that honours were offered to a Saudi national in return for donations to...
Feb 16, 2022
G7 foreign ministers to meet on sidelines of Munich Conference
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Annalena Baerbock will lead a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialised nations on the sidelines of the Munich Security conference, likely on Sat...
Feb 16, 2022
Rebounding from COVID, Israel economy grows 8.1% in 2021, fastest pace in 21 years
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's economy grew at its fastest pace in 21 years in 2021, bouncing back amid double-digit gains in consumer spending, exports and investment after a very wea...
Feb 16, 2022
Russia counts on reserves as shield against sanctions – Finance Minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Possible western sanctions against Russian banks will lead to a spike in market volatility but Russia will be able to withstand restrictions thanks to abundant reserves, Finance Min...
Feb 16, 2022
