Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan to purchase 150 million doses of Takeda-produced Novavax vaccines – drugmaker
TOKYO (Reuters) - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Tuesday the Japanese government agreed to purchase 150 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine it will produce using Novavax Inc's formula. Takeda, Jap...
Sep 06, 2021
Tennis-Talented teens eye semi-final spots at Flushing Meadows
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teenagers have lit up the U.S. Open this year and on Tuesday Leylah Fernandez and Carlos Alcaraz will look to take their dream runs a step further by claiming a maiden spot in the...
Sep 06, 2021
Alphonso David fired as Human Rights Campaign president for Cuomo advice -NYT
(Reuters) - Alphonso David, the president of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ advocacy organization the United States, was fired by the group's board on Monday, the New York Times reported...
Sep 06, 2021
Myanmar shadow government unveils new strategy to oppose military rule
(Reuters) - Myanmar's National Unity Government, formed by opponents of military rule, unveiled a new strategy on Tuesday aimed at pressuring the junta, including through action by militias and ethnic...
Sep 06, 2021
S.Korea tests first submarine-launched ballistic missile – Yonhap
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile (SLBM) from a submarine, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday, becoming the first country without nuclear weapons to de...
Sep 06, 2021
Tennis-Djokovic overcomes flat start to reach U.S. Open quarter-finals
By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) - An out-of-sorts Novak Djokovic scraped his way to a 1-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 win over American wildcard Jenson Brooksby on Monday to move into the U.S. Open quarter-finals...
Sep 06, 2021
Chinese prosecutors drop case against former Alibaba employee accused of sexual assault
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese prosecutors have dropped a case against a former Alibaba Group Holding Ltd employee accused of sexually assaulting a female colleague, saying they had determined he had co...
Sep 06, 2021
World shares at record high as investors count on Fed largesse
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Global stocks inched higher on Tuesday to a record high for the eight straight session as investors wagered the U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to delay the start of ...
Sep 06, 2021
Peru to build plant to make Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine – President
By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Pedro Castillo said on Monday that the government has reached an agreement with Russia to install a plant to produce the Sputnik V COVID-19 vac...
Sep 06, 2021
Tennis-Pliskova advances to U.S. Open quarters, her fourth
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fourth-seeded Karolina Pliskova mounted a strong defensive effort to send Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova packing 7-5 6-4 in the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Monday, keeping ...
Sep 06, 2021
