Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia adds Navalny’s regional campaign offices to ‘extremism’ list
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's financial monitoring agency said on Friday it had added jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's network of regional campaign offices to a list of organisations involved in "...
Apr 30, 2021
UK’s ONS says prevalence of COVID-19 in England falls sharply again
LONDON (Reuters) - The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England has fallen sharply for a third straight week, Britain's Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Friday, with the estimated prop...
Apr 30, 2021
Jailed Thai protest leader hospitalized after 46-day hunger strike
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai protest leader, Parit "Penguin" Chiwarak, who has been in jail for pre-trial detention over allegations he insulted the king, has been hospitalised following a 46-day hunger s...
Apr 30, 2021
Pfizer, BioNTech seek to extend COVID-19 vaccine use to adolescents in EU
(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SE said on Friday they had applied to the European health regulator to extend the marketing authorization for their coronavirus vaccine for use in adolescent...
Apr 30, 2021
COVID: France’s Macron says all those aged over 18 can get vaccine from June 15 onwards
PARIS (Reuters) - All people in France aged 18 and over will be able to get COVID-19 vaccines from June 15 onwards, said French President Emmanuel Macron on his Twitter feed on Friday, as the country ...
Apr 30, 2021
Exclusive: German government proposes green funding tool to help industry cut CO2
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's government on Friday presented plans for so-called contracts for difference (CfDs), instruments that help companies in the steel, cement, lime and ammonia industries fi...
Apr 30, 2021
U.S. fast-food chains cash in, seize market share during pandemic
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp, Taco Bell, Chipotle and other fast-food chains stand to gain yet more market share from sit-down restaurants as consumers stick with the mobile ord...
Apr 30, 2021
Special Report-How Trump scored a big tax break for conserving a golf range
By Joseph Tanfani and Jaimi Dowdell LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Donald Trump bought his seaside golf course in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb in 2002, he vowed to surround it with "some of the most bea...
Apr 30, 2021
Exclusive: Bain Capital raises $11.8 billion for new flagship fund
By Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital LP said it has raised $11.8 billion from outside investors and employees for its latest flagship North America buyout fund. The fundr...
Apr 30, 2021
Singapore to block visitors from most South Asian countries
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will block entry to visitors with recent travel history to Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka from May 2 due to sustained increases in COVID-19 cases in the regi...
Apr 30, 2021
