Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan parliament approves record extra budget to secure post-pandemic growth
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's parliament on Monday approved the first extra budget of the 2021 fiscal year, with a record spending of $317 billion, to help the economy withstand the fallout of COVID-19, f...
Dec 20, 2021
Ramaphosa back at work after COVID-19 – presidency
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned to work after finishing a week of self-isolation due to testing positive for COVID-19, his office said in a statement on M...
Dec 20, 2021
Iran says further talks with Saudi Arabia depends on Riyadh’s “seriousness”
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday that further talks with Saudi Arabia depend on Riyadh's "seriousness". Saudi Arabia and Iran, the region's Sunni Mu...
Dec 20, 2021
Novo Nordisk shares slump on U.S. supply challenges for obesity drug
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk shares fell 16% on Monday after the Danish drugmaker late on Friday announced that it will not be able to meet demand for its new weight-loss drug after supply issu...
Dec 20, 2021
Former Tesco boss Lewis to chair GSK health spin-off
LONDON (Reuters) -GlaxoSmithKline on Monday named former Tesco CEO Dave Lewis as non-executive chair designate of a new Consumer Healthcare company to be created from a proposed demerger from GSK in 2...
Dec 20, 2021
Thai agency approves Pfizer vaccine for use in children aged 5-11
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the age of five and 11. The Comirnaty va...
Dec 20, 2021
Turkey’s crisis rattles the faithful in Erdogan’s heartland
By Dominic Evans and Tuvan Gumrukcu KONYA, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish labourer Hasan Sarikaya says he has no job, no money and no hope for a better future while President Tayyip Erdogan - the leader h...
Dec 20, 2021
Barclays gets Australian banking licence in expansion push
(Reuters) - UK-based Barclays Plc said on Monday it had received approval from Australia's prudential regulator to operate as a foreign bank in the country, as the lender continues its expansion into ...
Dec 20, 2021
Suspect of Japan deadly clinic fire bought gasoline in Nov -police
TOKYO (Reuters) - A 61-year-old man suspected of starting a fire that killed 24 people last week in an Osaka clinic bought 10 litres of gasoline at a petrol station last month, but it was not known wh...
Dec 20, 2021
BNP Paribas to sell Bank of the West to Canada’s BMO for around $16 billion
PARIS (Reuters) - BNP Paribas, France's biggest bank by market capitalisation, said it had agreed to sell its U.S. unit Bank of the West to Canada's BMO Financial Group for around $16.3 billion. BNP P...
Dec 20, 2021
