Author Archives: Syndicated Content
WTO head welcomes U.S. vaccine move, urges rapid start of negotiations
GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Trade Organization welcomed on Thursday the U.S. move to support waiving patent rights for COVID-19 vaccines and urged WTO members to start negotiations as soo...
May 06, 2021
Israel’s odd couple: rivals who could topple Netanyahu together
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - One is a centre-left avowed secularist who says the Palestinians should get a state. The other is a firebrand of the religious hard right who wants to annex most...
May 06, 2021
UN human rights chief sounds alarm on violations in Latin America
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday sounded an alarm over what she called the rising number of threats and attacks against independent human rights institutions ...
May 06, 2021
France’s Dassault launches Falcon 10X long-range business jet
PARIS (Reuters) - France's Dassault Aviation on Thursday launched a new long-range business jet in a bid to challenge North American rivals at the top end of the luxury aircraft market. The Falcon 10X...
May 06, 2021
Virgin Orbit among new operators for Brazil’s Alcântara spaceport
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Billionaire Richard Branson's modified Boeing 747 may soon be taking off from Brazil's northern coast to launch rockets into orbit as the South American country seeks a piece of t...
May 06, 2021
UK records 2,613 COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain recorded a further 2,613 cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, and 13 deaths, official data showed on Thursday. The daily case number was up on the 2,144 reported on Wedne...
May 06, 2021
‘Tractor Boys’ go pop with Ed Sheeran sponsorship
(Reuters) - English football club Ipswich Town may have fallen on hard times but they are hoping a new shirt sponsorship deal with singer Ed Sheeran will make them the "A Team" with the ginger-haired ...
May 06, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. remittance processor Remitly hires advisers for IPO – sources
By David French and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Remitly Inc has hired investment banks to prepare for an initial public offering (IPO) in New York this year that could value the U.S. remittance payments p...
May 06, 2021
UK regulator says some evidence AstraZeneca clots occur more in women than men
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's medicine regulator on Thursday said there was some evidence that uncommon blood clots linked to AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine occurred more in women than in men, adding t...
May 06, 2021
Fed’s Kaplan wants taper talk ‘sooner rather than later’
(Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan on Thursday said he wants the central bank to start talking about reducing policy accommodation "sooner rather than later," saying the e...
May 06, 2021
