Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Beckham and Dench help to launch Captain Tom fundraising drive
By Ben Makori LONDON (Reuters) - The family of Britain's Captain Tom Moore, the World War Two veteran who lifted a nation's spirits during the pandemic, joined forces with David Beckham and Judi Dench...
Apr 30, 2021
Intel seeks 8 billion euros in subsidies for European chip plant: Politico
(Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Intel is seeking 8 billion euros ($9.7 billion) in public subsidies towards building a cutting-edge semiconductor manufacturing site in Europe, Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger...
Apr 30, 2021
Deep-sea mining tests resume after robot rescued from Pacific Ocean floor
(Reuters) - Belgium's Global Sea Mineral Resources has resumed tests that could lead to the mining of battery minerals from the Pacific Ocean floor after it managed to recover a robot stranded at a de...
Apr 30, 2021
JPMorgan development arm seeks to fund vaccine supply chain
By Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) - JPMorgan's development finance institution which aims to fund more than $100 billion in activities per year is looking to back more supply chain deals to help fight CO...
Apr 30, 2021
MicroVision shares tumble more than 20% as retail traders’ optimism sags
(Reuters) - Shares of MicroVision Inc fell more than 20% in premarket trading on Friday and were set to open at their lowest levels in a week, a day after the laser technology company reported lower-t...
Apr 30, 2021
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
