Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russian lawmaker floats idea of Zoom ban after it halts sales to state bodies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A lawmaker from Russia's ruling party floated the idea of banning Zoom on Wednesday after the video conferencing company reportedly told its distributors to stop selling subscriptio...
Apr 07, 2021
UK’s Johnson sees no change to plan to ease restrictions after Astra news
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he did not expect to change the government's plans for relaxing COVID-19 restrictions as health regulators recommended that people aged und...
Apr 07, 2021
Benefits of AstraZeneca vaccine outweigh risks: Swedish Medical Products Agency
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish Medical Products Agency said on Wednesday the benefits of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine outweighed the risks after the EU drug regulator said it had found a possib...
Apr 07, 2021
Egypt’s Sisi warns of potential for conflict over Ethiopian dam
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday warned Ethiopia of the risk of conflict over its giant dam on the Blue Nile after talks involving the two countries and Sudan end...
Apr 07, 2021
Astra vaccine guidance will have negligible impact on rollout: England’s deputy chief medic
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's recommendation against giving the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to those aged under 30 due to the risk of blood clots will have a negligible impact on the vaccine pr...
Apr 07, 2021
UK vaccine body: We do not know for sure blood clot risks are related to one vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) - British health officials said they did not know for sure that blood clot risks were directly associated with only one COVID-19 vaccine. "This is an extremely rare adverse event, we ...
Apr 07, 2021
Uber, Lyft tout U.S. ride-hail driver pay, incentives amid demand uptick
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc said U.S. drivers on their ride-hail platforms were earning significantly more than before the pandemic as trip demand outstrips driver su...
Apr 07, 2021
German vaccine official: rare clots after AstraZeneca shots were 20 times higher
BERLIN (Reuters) - Instances of rare clotting in people who got AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine were 20 times higher than would be likely in the same time period among a specific age group, Christian B...
Apr 07, 2021
U.S. delivering about 3 million COVID-19 vaccines per day, up 8%: CDC director
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has delivered about 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses per day on average over the past week, up 8% over the previous 7-day average, U.S. Centers for Disease Con...
Apr 07, 2021
IMF officials endorse Biden’s corporate tax hike, global minimum plan
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -International Monetary Fund officials on Wednesday endorsed U.S. President Joe Biden's plan to raise corporate income taxes and negotiate a global minimum tax, ad...
Apr 07, 2021
