Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Follow-up probe of virus origins expected – WHO’s Tedros
GENEVA (Reuters) - Experts examining the origins of the coronavirus first identified in China will follow up on an initial report released this week but details are still not set, World Health Organiz...
Apr 01, 2021
IMF’s $650 billion liquidity boost could happen in August- U.S. Treasury officials
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A $650 billion increase in International Monetary Fund reserves could be distributed to member countries in August, but only a small portion is ...
Apr 01, 2021
Italy reports 501 coronavirus deaths on Thursday, 23,649 new cases
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 501 coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday against 467 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections decreased to 23,649 from 23,90...
Apr 01, 2021
Swimming: Sun’s second CAS hearing to take place in May
(Reuters) - Chinese swimmer Sun Yang's appeal against an eight-year ban for missing an out-of-competition doping test will take place in May with a new panel of judges, the Court of Arbitration for Sp...
Apr 01, 2021
Cuba’s tourism workers reinvent themselves as lockdown lingers
HAVANA (Reuters) - Trumpeter Carlos Sanchez serenaded tourists in Old Havana for 30 years, earning handsome tips - until the coronavirus pandemic hit and Cuba closed its borders a year ago on April 1....
Apr 01, 2021
Nationals’ home opener postponed due to COVID-19 issues
(Reuters) - The Washington Nationals' home opener against the New York Mets scheduled to be played on Thursday has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues, Major League Baseball said. The decision was m...
Apr 01, 2021
Europe’s IPO market roars back to life, can it last?
By Abhinav Ramnarayan and Arno Schuetze LONDON (Reuters) - The European market for initial public offerings has come roaring back this year after a moribund, COVID-hit 2020, but the poor debut by Deli...
Apr 01, 2021
COVAX COVID-19 vaccine facility faces shortfall in supply: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The COVAX facility to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries faces a "serious challenge" to meet demand, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news confer...
Apr 01, 2021
Chile to close borders, ratchet up controls in April as coronavirus cases soar
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile will close its borders for the month of April to slow the spread of the coronavirus and stop the influx of its variants, health officials said on Thursday, as cases continue...
Apr 01, 2021
Commerzbank meets to discuss supervisory board seat vacancies: sources
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The supervisory board of Germany's Commerzbank was making progress on Thursday evening at a meeting to fill vacancies on the board, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reut...
Apr 01, 2021
