Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Peru signs deal to purchase 12 million additional doses of Pfizer vaccine
LIMA (Reuters) -Peru President Francisco Sagasti announced on Wednesday a fresh deal with Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE to purchase an additional 12 million doses of their vaccine against COVID-19 as a f...
May 05, 2021
Put idle capacity to work now making vaccines, says WTO head
GENEVA (Reuters) - The world cannot act soon enough to put idle manufacturing capacity to work making COVID-19 vaccines to help redress a massive imbalance in global supply, the head of the World Trad...
May 05, 2021
G7 scolds China and Russia over threats, bullying, rights abuses
By William James, Guy Faulconbridge and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - The Group of Seven scolded both China and Russia on Wednesday, casting the Kremlin as malicious and Beijing as a bully, but b...
May 05, 2021
G7 looks to expand rebuttal mechanism for disinformation
LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy nations on Wednesday agreed to expand and strengthen the rapid response mechanism it uses to fight threats to democracy such as dis...
May 05, 2021
First 50 freezers for COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Venezuela
CARACAS (Reuters) - The United Nations Children's Fund said Wednesday 50 freezer kits had arrived in Venezuela to boost the OPEC nation's capacity to store coronavirus vaccines. The freezers are the f...
May 05, 2021
U.S. administers 249.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 249,566,820 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 321,549,335 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
May 05, 2021
Police officer shot in French city of Avignon during drug raid: minister
PARIS (Reuters) - A French police officer has been shot in the city of Avignon during an anti-narcotics operation, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on his Twitter account. He said several...
May 05, 2021
World Bank’s Malpass urges rich countries to ease grip on vaccine stockpiles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President David Malpass on Wednesday urged wealthy countries to quickly free up excess vaccines for developing economies that are now facing greater needs, by exporti...
May 05, 2021
U.S. tracking China rocket debris: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Space Command is tracking debris from a Chinese rocket that sent part of a planned space station into orbit last week, the White House said on Wednesday. "The United St...
May 05, 2021
French foreign minister says punitive measures ‘only the beginning’ ahead of Lebanon visit
BEIRUT (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday he would carry a strongly worded message to Lebanese politicians when he visits Beirut on Thursday. The minister said on...
May 05, 2021
