Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UAE, Bahrain make Pfizer/BioNTech shot available to those who got Sinopharm vaccine
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have made the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine available as a booster shot to those initially immunised with a vaccine developed by the China ...
Jun 03, 2021
Delta variant dominant in UK, may increase risk of hospitalisation
LONDON (Reuters) -The Delta variant of concern first identified in India is now dominant in Britain and might have an increased risk of hospitalisation compared to the Alpha variant, Public Health Eng...
Jun 03, 2021
Olympics-Kenya says pre-Olympics training camp in Kurume to go ahead
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya still plans to hold a pre-Olympics training camp in Kurume, its Olympics committee said on Thursday, a day after announcing the Japanese city had pulled out of hosting them o...
Jun 03, 2021
U.S. SEC names new acting director of trading and markets unit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday named David Saltiel as acting director of the agency's trading and markets division, which regulates major market p...
Jun 03, 2021
EU lawmakers reluctantly decamp to France for first pandemic session
By Marine Strauss and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hundreds of European lawmakers and staff travel to Strasbourg next week for the European Parliament's first session since the COVID-19 pand...
Jun 03, 2021
Uruguay’s DLocal valued at nearly $9 billion in Nasdaq debut
(Corrects headline and paragraph 1 to say market capitalization of $9 billion, not $4.5 billion) (Reuters) - Shares of DLocal Ltd leapt nearly 48% in their U.S. stock market debut on Thursday, giving ...
Jun 03, 2021
Tennis-Top seed Djokovic strolls into third round with clinical win
PARIS (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic put on a clinical display to stroll past Uruguyan Pablo Cuevas 6-3 6-2 6-4 on Thursday and reach the third round of the French Open. Cuevas, ranked 92...
Jun 03, 2021
UK climate tsar urges companies to join ‘Race to Zero’ campaign
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's climate tsar on Thursday urged companies to join the United Nations' "Race to Zero" campaign and commit to science-based emissions-reduction targets, ahead...
Jun 03, 2021
Belarus registers Russia’s Sputnik Light vaccine for use
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus has registered Russia's Sputnik Light vaccine against COVID-19 for use, the first dose of the two-component shot, the Minsk health ministry said on Thursday. (Reporting by A...
Jun 03, 2021
Nearly 40 years after its first game, USFL announces return
The United States Football League will be rebooted in 2022, nearly 40 years after its first go-round. The new league will feature at least eight teams and has retained the team names of the original U...
Jun 03, 2021
