Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Cloud services provider Box receives $500 million KKR-led investment
(Reuters) -Box Inc said on Thursday private equity giant KKR & Co Inc led a $500 million investment in the cloud services provider, with the company planning to use most of the funds for a stock buyba...
Apr 08, 2021
Indonesia announces internal travel ban during Eid al-Fitr over COVID-19
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has banned land, air, water and rail travel during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations from May 6 to 17 to curb COVID-19 transmission, a spokeswoman for its transport ministry s...
Apr 08, 2021
Europe should invest in chip design, not a mega-fab: think tank
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe's ambition to make the most powerful computer chips risks wasting billions of euros, a German think tank said in a report on Thursday, urging policy makers...
Apr 08, 2021
Eli Lilly’s arthritis drug fails to prevent mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 patients
(Reuters) -Eli Lilly and Co and Incyte Corp said their rheumatoid arthritis drug baricitinib did not meet the main goal of preventing progression to mechanical ventilation in hospitalized COVID-19 pat...
Apr 08, 2021
Swiss region rewards COVID-testing schools by lifting mask rule
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland is joining nations offering privileges to those conforming with COVID-19 measures, as one region allows fifth- and sixth-grade students to shed masks if t...
Apr 08, 2021
China’s capital envisages 10,000 fuel cell vehicles by 2025
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The city of Beijing aims to have over 10,000 fuel cell vehicles on the road and build 74 hydrogen filling stations by 2025, as the Chinese capital maps out an ambitious plan to d...
Apr 08, 2021
Brazil seeks $1 billion in foreign aid to curb Amazon deforestation by 30-40% -environmental minister
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's environment minister wants $1 billion in foreign aid from countries including the United States to help reduce deforestation in the Amazon between 30% and 40%, according...
Apr 08, 2021
Rare Bond “Thunderball” poster heads for auction
By Will Russell WOKING, England (Reuters) - A rare poster for the 1965 James Bond film "Thunderball" is headed for auction on Friday - and expected to go under the hammer for up to $16,000. The highli...
Apr 08, 2021
Cut the debt of poor countries, Pope tells IMF, World Bank
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has told world financial chiefs that poor countries hit by the economic impact of the coronavirus need to have their debt burden reduced and be given a greater sa...
Apr 08, 2021
Protests break out after murder of kidnapped woman in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Hundreds of people rallied in front of Kyrgyzstan's interior ministry on Thursday to demand the resignation of its leadership for what they called police inaction over the murder o...
Apr 08, 2021
