Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Blackstone invests in new hedge fund ApaH Capital, sources say
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Blackstone Group, the world's largest hedge fund investor, is committing $150 million in start-up capital to a hedge fund run by a former senior executive at ...
Feb 07, 2021
Too soon to end German lockdown, says Bavarian leader Soeder
BERLIN (Reuters) - It is too soon for Germany to lift its lockdown without risking a third wave of COVID-19 infections, Bavarian premier Markus Soeder said on Sunday, ahead of a crunch meeting to revi...
Feb 07, 2021
Mask-clad fans stream into Buccaneers’ home stadium for Super Bowl unlike any other
By Amy Tennery TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Mask-clad fans trickled into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' stadium on Super Bowl Sunday, as the limited crowd of attendees largely observed COVID-19 health and safet...
Feb 07, 2021
Biden says challenging for U.S. to reach herd immunity by summer’s end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said that it will be difficult for the United States to reach herd immunity, at least 75% of the population inoculated against the coronavirus, by the end of...
Feb 07, 2021
Haiti prime minister says about 20 people detained over alleged power grab
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe on Sunday said more than 20 people have been arrested in Haiti after an alleged power grab, while in the capital Port-Au-Prince demonstr...
Feb 07, 2021
Young Saudi Shi’ites have death penalties commuted to 10 years in jail
By Raya Jalabi DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's state-backed Human Rights Commission said on Sunday that three young Shi'ite Muslims sentenced to death when they were minors have had the penalty reduc...
Feb 07, 2021
U.S. administers 41.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 41,210,937 doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Sunday morning and distributed 59,307,800 doses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunda...
Feb 07, 2021
France reports fresh fall in number of new COVID-19 cases
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported a fall in new COVID-19 infections on Sunday for the fourth successive day. Health ministry data showed there had been 19,175 new confirmed COVID-19 infections in the ...
Feb 07, 2021
South Africa suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine after trial showing limited protection
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa will suspend use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in its immunisation programme while scientists advise on the best way to proceed, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on...
Feb 07, 2021
Former Republican official George Shultz dies at 100 years old – Hoover Institute
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - George Shultz, the U.S. secretary of state who survived bitter infighting in President Ronald Reagan's administration to help forge a new era in American-Soviet r...
Feb 07, 2021
