Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Volkswagen points finger at suppliers over car chip shortage
By Jan Schwartz and Christoph Steitz FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen said bad planning on the part of its suppliers has compounded a computer chip shortage blighting the global auto industry, claimin...
Feb 15, 2021
WHO lists AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday listed AstraZeneca and Oxford University's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, widening access to the relatively inexpensive shot in th...
Feb 15, 2021
Climate change ‘stranded assets’ could slash countries’ credit ratings: Fitch
LONDON (Reuters) - The cost of so-called 'stranded assets' as the world moves away from fossil fuels could cause substantial falls in exporters' sovereign credit ratings in the coming decades, a new r...
Feb 15, 2021
Kurdish opposition swept up in Turkish arrests after Iraq killings
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police detained more than 700 people, including members of a pro-Kurdish political party, in operations against the PKK militia following the killing of 13 Turkish captives ...
Feb 15, 2021
Exclusive: EU seeks new COVID-19 vaccine deal with Moderna, AstraZeneca flags doses made outside EU – sources
By Elvira Pollina and Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU is holding talks with Moderna on buying more COVID-19 vaccine and AstraZeneca, with which talks have stalled, has suggested delive...
Feb 15, 2021
Spanish rapper locks himself in university to avoid jail in free speech case
LLEIDA, Spain (Reuters) - A Spanish rapper sentenced to jail time on charges including insulting the monarchy and praising terrorist groups barricaded himself inside a university in northeastern Spain...
Feb 15, 2021
Hundreds in Serbia mourn medics, demand better COVID protection
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Hundreds of people held a minute's silence in front of Serbia's government building on Monday to pay their respects to doctors and nurses killed by COVID-19 and to demand more is ...
Feb 15, 2021
Last-minute extension of Italian ski ban dismays Draghi’s new allies
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Allies of new Prime Minister Mario Draghi criticised on Monday one of his government's first moves - a decision to unexpectedly extend a shutdown of Italy's ski resor...
Feb 15, 2021
Power outage in northern Mexico hits 400,000 users, president says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is working to fix a power outage that hit around 400,000 users and was caused by a cold snap in the north of the country, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on M...
Feb 15, 2021
“Courtesy Doses”: Peru probes early use of Sinopharm vaccine by top govt officials
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian prosecutors are investigating the use of so-called "courtesy doses" of China's Sinopharm vaccine after two top government officials resigned over the weekend ...
Feb 15, 2021
