Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Explainer-What we know about Japan’s contaminated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine supplies
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's COVID-19 vaccination push has been dealt a blow by widening reports of contamination in supplies of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine. Here are some key points in the issue so f...
Aug 30, 2021
Hurricane Ida plunges New Orleans into darkness amid Louisiana flooding
By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Ida pounded Louisiana after sweeping ashore from the Gulf of Mexico, flooding wide areas under heavy surf and torrential rains as fierce winds...
Aug 30, 2021
Uzbekistan ready to help Germany with Afghanistan evacuations, minister says
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan is willing to open its borders to people fleeing from Taliban rule in Afghanistan who are on a German list of those at-risk in the country and need to be evacuated, Ger...
Aug 30, 2021
Renault’s De Meo pushes Dacia brand with new family car
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) - France's Renault will unveil a new family car under its lower cost Dacia brand in September, aiming to replace three existing models as part of Chief Executive Lu...
Aug 30, 2021
Indonesia schools start cautious reopening after devastating virus wave
By Ajeng Ulfiana and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's capital Jakarta reopened 600 of its schools on Monday as coronavirus restrictions eased, though a teacher federation urged caution...
Aug 30, 2021
China administers total of 2.045 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Aug 29
BEIJING (Reuters) - China administered about 11.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Aug. 29, bringing the total number of doses administered to 2.045 billion, data from the National Health Commiss...
Aug 30, 2021
New Zealand’s Auckland stays in lockdown, officials report Pfizer-linked death
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday extended a lockdown in Auckland by two weeks, while officials reported the country's first death linked to the Pfizer-BioNTec...
Aug 30, 2021
Malaysian PM in quarantine after contact with COVID-19 patient
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob is under quarantine following a close contact with a COVID-19 patient, his office said in a statement on Monday. His office did no...
Aug 30, 2021
French, euro zone economies should return to pre-COVID levels by early 2022 – Villeroy
PARIS (Reuters) - The economies in France and the euro zone should be back to pre-COVID levels in early 2022 or maybe earlier, Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Monday. Ville...
Aug 30, 2021
California’s Caldor fire moves closer to more heavily populated areas
(Reuters) - California's Caldor fire moved closer to more heavily populated areas in the northern part of the state on Sunday, leading to more evacuation orders and warnings as well as road closures, ...
Aug 30, 2021
