Author Archives: Syndicated Content
CVS Health to administer COVID-19 vaccines in six more states
(Reuters) - CVS Health Corp said on Wednesday it will administer COVID-19 vaccines in six additional states, making about 570,000 doses available across a total of 17 states from Feb. 25. The U.S. dru...
Feb 24, 2021
MicroStrategy spends $1.03 billion more on bitcoin
(Reuters) - MicroStrategy Inc on Wednesday said it bought about 19,452 more bitcoin worth around $1.03 billion cash at an average price of about $52,765 each. (Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain in Beng...
Feb 24, 2021
Turkish court convicts executive, two jet pilots in Ghosn escape trial
By Ezgi Erkoyun ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court convicted an executive of Turkish jet company MNG and two pilots over their role in flying former Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of ...
Feb 24, 2021
U.S. to admit asylum seekers from hard-hit camp at Texas border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States this week will begin processing people held in the Matamoros migrant camp at the Texas border for entry into the country after the area was hit hard by severe ...
Feb 24, 2021
Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine effective, safe: FDA staff
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson's one-shot COVID-19 vaccine appeared safe and effective in trials, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staff said in documents published on Wednesday, paving the way ...
Feb 24, 2021
Italy’s health minister rules out loosening of COVID-19 curbs
ROME (Reuters) - It is not yet possible to loosen restrictions on businesses and movement aimed at curbing COVID-19 infections in Italy because of the threat of a surge in cases, Health Minister Rober...
Feb 24, 2021
UK’s Reading and Leeds music festivals to go ahead this summer
LONDON (Reuters) - The Reading and Leeds music festivals will go ahead in England this summer after the government this week announced a timetable for relaxing coronavirus restrictions, the organisers...
Feb 24, 2021
Tokyo 2020 launches new gender equality team: Tokyo 2020 president
TOKYO (Reuters) - The new president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee said on Wednesday that it had set up a gender equality team and aimed to boost the proportion of women on the board ...
Feb 24, 2021
In Brazil, an indigenous woman joins Bolsonaro in fight for mining
By Stephen Eisenhammer RAPOSA SERRA DO SOL, Brazil (Reuters) - Irisnaide Silva is female, Brazilian and indigenous. And for once, in her view, she is being heard. For decades her family picked and pan...
Feb 24, 2021
Egypt registers Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Egypt has approved Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, becoming the 34th country outside of Russia and third in North Africa to do so, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (R...
Feb 24, 2021
