Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Omicron severity question answered in 3-4 weeks, WHO official says
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Omicron will become the dominant coronavirus variant in Europe by the start of 2022 and three to four weeks is needed to determine the severity of the COVID-1...
Syndicated Content Dec 22, 2021
Spain’s top court annuls 2.1 million euro fine on Barcelona’s Pique
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's top court has annulled a 2.1 million euro ($2.37 million) fine imposed on 34-year-old FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique in 2016 as part of a dispute over his tax returns in...
Syndicated Content Dec 22, 2021
Exclusive: Vaccine maker Serum waives AstraZeneca shot indemnity for refugee programme
By Francesco Guarascio and Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) - The Serum Institute of India (SII) has waived its protection from legal liabilities for any AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 shots it supplies to a g...
Syndicated Content Dec 22, 2021
French rush for COVID tests before Christmas reunions
PARIS (Reuters) - Student Jules de Biase is fully vaccinated and has no COVID-19 symptoms, but on Wednesday, ahead of seeing his elderly grandmother over the Christmas holidays, he took a test to be c...
Syndicated Content Dec 22, 2021
U.S. authorizes certain transactions with Taliban to ease flow of aid to Afghanistan
By Daphne Psaledakis and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday formally exempted U.S. and U.N. officials doing official business with the Taliban from U.S. sanctions, c...
Syndicated Content Dec 22, 2021
Blue ice cavern in Swiss Alpine glacier delights visitors
LES DIABLERETS, Switzerland (Reuters) - An ice cave which forms each year on a high-altitude glacier in the Swiss Alps delighted visitors who came on Wednesday to marvel at its huge blue vault. The 20...
Syndicated Content Dec 22, 2021
WHO: still too soon to say if Omicron more transmissible than Delta
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization does not yet have enough data on the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus to say if it is more transmissible than the Delta variant, an official said on Wed...
Syndicated Content Dec 22, 2021
American Airlines launches rights issue plan to protect $16.5 billion tax benefit
(Reuters) - American Airlines Group Inc said on Wednesday it was seeking shareholder approval for a rights offering plan to avert any hostile takeovers and preserve a $16.5 billion tax benefit, as the...
Syndicated Content Dec 22, 2021
Nets’ game against Trail Blazers postponed due to depleted squad
(Reuters) - The Brooklyn Nets' game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday has been postponed because the Nets do not have the required number of players, the National Basketball Association (...
Syndicated Content Dec 22, 2021
Wood’s flagship ARK fund deep in the red, yet investors stay loyal
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - One year after her Ark Innovation ETF than doubled and made her a household name, star stock picker Cathie Wood is poised to join a small club that no one aspires...
Syndicated Content Dec 22, 2021

