Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canada’s Alberta confirms first death linked to AstraZeneca vaccine
(Reuters) -The Canadian province of Alberta reported its first death of a patient from a rare blood clot condition after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, its chief medical officer confirmed...
May 05, 2021
BlackRock turns up heat on boards as AGM season gets going
By Ross Kerber and Simon Jessop BOSTON/LONDON (Reuters) - BlackRock voted against more company directors and backed more shareholder resolutions in the first quarter than a year ago, as the world's bi...
May 05, 2021
ARK Innovation’s performance under pressure as tech stocks swoon
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - A rotation out of growth and technology stocks and a recent slide in shares of Tesla Inc are weighing on the performance of ARK Innovation, the flagship exchange-...
May 05, 2021
New Zealand parliament says Uyghur rights abuses taking place in China
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's parliament on Wednesday unanimously declared that severe human rights abuses were taking place against Uyghur people in the China's Xinjiang region, but did not la...
May 05, 2021
Australian regulator accuses Westpac of insider trading in $12 billion grid sale
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's corporate watchdog accused Westpac Banking Corp of insider trading while financing a A$16 billion ($12 billion) energy grid privatisation in 2016, the late...
May 05, 2021
Myanmar state media says five killed in blast were building a bomb
(Reuters) - Five people killed in an explosion in Myanmar this week, including an ousted lawmaker, had been building a bomb, media controlled by the military junta said on Wednesday. Since the militar...
May 05, 2021
India posts record daily rise in coronavirus deaths
(Reuters) - India's coronavirus deaths rose by a record 3,780 during the last 24 hours, a day after the country became the world's second, after the United States, to cross the grim milestone of 20 mi...
May 05, 2021
Cycling: Italian rider Spreafico gets three-year doping ban
(Reuters) - Italian rider Matteo Spreafico has been banned for three years after failing two anti-doping tests during the Giro d'Italia in October, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said in a stat...
May 05, 2021
Space-aged Bordeaux wine offered for private sale by Christie’s
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - A space-aged bottle of fine French wine, part of a case of Bordeaux that was literally matured in Earth orbit for 14 months, is being put up for private sale by Christie's,...
May 05, 2021
Australia’s largest state reports first COVID-19 case in more than a month
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) on Wednesday reported its first locally acquired COVID-19 case in more than a month, sending authorities rushing to trace th...
May 04, 2021
