Author Archives: Syndicated Content
WHO agrees to study major reforms, meet again on pandemic treaty
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization, battling to coordinate the global response to the coronavirus pandemic, agreed on Monday to study recommendations for ambitious reforms made by indepe...
May 31, 2021
Nestle, under fire over unhealthy products, working on new strategy
ZURICH (Reuters) - Nestle said on Monday it was working on updating its nutrition and health strategy after the Financial Times reported an internal document at the food giant described a large portio...
May 31, 2021
China, Taiwan spar again over vaccines, accuse each other of politicking
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) - China and Taiwan traded more accusations on Monday about COVID-19 vaccines, with Beijing saying they should not be a political tool while Taiwan's ruling party said China wa...
May 31, 2021
Olympics-Transgender weightlifter Hubbard’s presence in Tokyo unfair: rival
(Reuters) - Belgian weightlifter Anna Vanbellinghen said allowing transgender New Zealand athlete Laurel Hubbard to compete in the women's event at the Tokyo Olympics is unfair and that the situation ...
May 31, 2021
Swiss watchdog FINMA requires banks, insurers to disclose climate risks
ZURICH (Reuters) - Large Swiss banks and insurance companies will be required to provide qualitative and quantitative information about risks they face from climate change, Swiss financial watchdog FI...
May 31, 2021
H&M’s online second-hand shop Sellpy launches in 20 more countries
By Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish online second-hand shop Sellpy, which is majority-owned by fashion giant H&M, said on Monday it was opening in 20 more European countries, in a bet dema...
May 31, 2021
Belarusian opposition leader believes blogger tortured
(Reuters) - Belarus's leading opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Monday that detained blogger Roman Protasevich had been beaten and tortured in jail. A lawyer who visited Protasevi...
May 31, 2021
India’s Dr. Reddy’s in talks with government to bring Russia’s Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Dr. Reddy's Laboratories is in talks with the government to bring Russia's Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine into the country, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Monday....
May 31, 2021
Russia vows to defend Belarus if EU sanctions Minsk – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will defend Belarus and help it if the European Union imposes economic sanctions on Minsk over the grounding of a plane and arrest of a dissident blogger, the RIA news agency...
May 31, 2021
OECD raises growth forecasts on vaccine rollouts, U.S. stimulus
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - The global economic outlook is improving as vaccine rollouts allow businesses to resume operations and as the United States pumps trillions of dollars into the world'...
May 31, 2021
