Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China’s Sinopharm offers ‘substantial support’ for COVAX, WHO says
GENEVA (Reuters) - China's Sinopharm state company has offered substantial support for the COVAX programme to provide COVID-19 vaccines mainly to poor countries, a WHO official said on Friday after th...
May 07, 2021
Blue hair hues signal bold make-up revival for new L’Oreal boss
By Sarah White PARIS (Reuters) - L'Oreal's make-up sales are set to bounce back to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, the French group's new chief executive said on Friday, with women opting for brighter c...
May 07, 2021
Peru election race tightens as Fujimori gains, poll shows
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori has shrunk the gap on socialist rival Pedro Castillo in the country's presidential election race, according to a poll rele...
May 07, 2021
Tennis-Nadal defeated by Zverev in Madrid Open quarters
MADRID (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal was knocked out of the Madrid Open quarter-finals stage 6-4 6-4 by German Alex Zverev on Friday. Nadal, a five-time winner in the Spanish capital, was the favourite and t...
May 07, 2021
New York hedge fund founder Kamensky sentenced to prison in Neiman Marcus fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York hedge fund founder who predicted he might "go to jail" for corrupting the sale of some assets during the bankruptcy of Neiman Marcus was sentenced on Friday to six mo...
May 07, 2021
Pressure from COVID-19 on French hospitals eases further
PARIS (Reuters) - Pressure on the French hospital system from the COVID-19 epidemic eased for the fourth day in row and the number of virus deaths in hospitals was down again compared to a week ago. T...
May 07, 2021
U.S. Treasury releases $21.6 billion rental assistance, aims to aid renters directly
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday said it has allocated an additional $21.6 billion for rental assistance under President Joe Biden's coronavirus rescue package, adding new...
May 07, 2021
European stocks end at record high on strong German data, earnings
By Sruthi Shankar and Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - European stocks closed at a record high on Friday, marking strong weekly gains as positive economic data and upbeat earnings underpinned hopes of a swif...
May 07, 2021
Sport-NFL’s Cowboys extend reign as most valuable sports team-Forbes
(Reuters) - The average value of the world's 50 leading sports teams rose to $3.43 billion in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an annual list published by Forbes https://www.forbes.com/...
May 07, 2021
Airbus Jan-April jetliner deliveries rose 25%
PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus delivered 45 jets in April, bringing its total so far this year to 170 - up 25% from the same period of 2020 when airlines were reeling from the first shock of COVID-19. The E...
May 07, 2021
