Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU regulator set to rule on Pfizer COVID pill by end-Jan, ahead of Merck – source
(Reuters) - The European Union's drug regulator is set to decide whether to approve Pfizer's COVID-19 pill at the end of this month, before doing a final review of Merck's similar but less effective d...
Jan 24, 2022
Futures slide as Ukraine tensions dent mood at start of crucial week
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures slid on Monday after a bruising selloff last week, as geopolitical tensions in Ukraine roiled risk appetite ahead of a Federal Reserve policy meeting later this we...
Jan 24, 2022
Christian MP goes on trial in Finland for calling homosexuality a disorder
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish Christian democrat MP and former minister of the interior went on trial on Monday for agitation against gay people over comments in which she described homosexuality as ...
Jan 24, 2022
Finland’s opposition come first, nationalists hammered in midterm regional vote
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's main opposition party, the centre-right National Coalition, outperformed the ruling centre-left coalition in a midterm regional election, while the nationalist Finns Par...
Jan 24, 2022
Exclusive-Olympics-Alpine skiing-IOC grants four extra quota places for Beijing
By Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has granted four extra quota places for Alpine skiers at the Beijing Winter Olympics, which are due to start next week, ...
Jan 24, 2022
Brazil’s Embraer wins order for 20 aircraft from U.S. lessor Azorra
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA announced on Monday that U.S. lessor Azorra has placed an order for 20 new E2 aircraft and has signed a deal for purchase rights on an additional ...
Jan 24, 2022
Tennis-Sky’s the limit now for veteran Frenchwoman Cornet
By Sudipto Ganguly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - At the start of the year, Alize Cornet said she was considering retirement at the end of the 2022 season but after reaching her first major quarter-final at th...
Jan 24, 2022
Lebanese cabinet meets after hiatus, amid friction over budget
By Nayera Abdallah and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese cabinet met on Monday for the first time since October, convening after Iranian-backed Hezbollah ended a boycott but with the powerf...
Jan 24, 2022
Activist investor Blackwells seeks to remove Peloton CEO
(Reuters) -Activist investor Blackwells Capital on Monday called on the board of exercise equipment maker Peloton Interactive Inc to remove Chief Executive John Foley and start a sale process. The inv...
Jan 24, 2022
Derek Chauvin’s ex-colleagues face trial over deadly Minneapolis arrest
By Jonathan Allen ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) - A jury was due to hear opening statements on Monday in the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers who took part in the dea...
Jan 24, 2022
