Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU drug regulator begins real-time review of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - Europe's medicines regulator said on Tuesday it has started a real-time review of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine, based on preliminary results from animal and human trials that suggested the v...
May 04, 2021
Vaccine hesitancy slows Africa’s COVID-19 inoculation drive
By Maggie Fick NAIROBI (Reuters) - When Edith Serem received her COVID-19 vaccination last month at a hospital in Nairobi where she works as a doctor, nurses jokingly warned she might start speaking i...
May 04, 2021
Netanyahu’s deadline to form government set to expire, no sign of progress
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A deadline for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government was set to expire at midnight in Israel with no sign on Tuesday that the country's long...
May 04, 2021
NHL roundup: Oilers, Bruins clinch playoff bids
Connor McDavid scored twice and added two assists as the visiting Edmonton Oilers beat the slumping Vancouver Canucks 5-3 on Monday to clinch a berth in the Stanley Cup playoffs. McDavid, who is runni...
May 04, 2021
UK’s Labour ‘fighting very hard’ for northern England’s Hartlepool in key vote
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party is fighting "very hard" for every vote in the northern English town of Hartlepool, leader Keir Starmer said on Tuesday, taking aim at an election t...
May 04, 2021
Foreigners needed to fill Singapore tech jobs crunch, says central banker
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A boom in technology jobs across all sectors in Singapore and a shortage of tech workers means the country will have to rely on foreigners to fill the gap, Ravi ...
May 04, 2021
Capri, Italy’s blue island, emerges from the pandemic blues
By Antonio Denti and Emily G Roe CAPRI, Italy (Reuters) - Capri's world has always been blue - the color of the water surrounding the Mediterranean island, many of its fishing boats and, most famously...
May 04, 2021
ZhongAn, StanChart-backed lenders take early lead in HK digital bank race
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Online-only banks in Hong Kong backed by China's ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance and Britain's Standard Chartered moved ahead of newly launched rivals as they garnered ...
May 04, 2021
Lebanon, Israel resume talks on disputed maritime border: source
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon and Israel resumed U.S.-mediated talks on Tuesday over a dispute about their Mediterranean Sea border that has held up hydrocarbon exploration in the potentially gas-rich ar...
May 04, 2021
French central banker says do not overdo warnings of bankruptcy wave
PARIS (Reuters) - Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday there currently was no evidence business bankruptcies will go beyond catching up from exceptionally low levels see...
May 04, 2021
