Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Slovak watchdog says Sputnik V batch differs from those reviewed
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovak drug agency SUKL said on Thursday the Russian vaccine Sputnik V batch delivered to Slovakia differs from those reviewed by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and medical jou...
Apr 08, 2021
Israel honours Holocaust victims as COVID-19 vaccines keep survivors alive
By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A memorial siren brought traffic to a halt in Israel on Thursday as it honoured six million Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust, and gave thanks for its swift rol...
Apr 08, 2021
McCarthy Stone gets 200 million pounds financing to boost retirement home supply
(Reuters) - Infrastructure investors John Laing Group and Macquarie Capital will invest 200 million pounds ($274.76 million) in retirement living homes developed by McCarthy Stone, the companies said ...
Apr 08, 2021
Equinor, SSE aim to build the world’s first hydrogen power plant
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian energy firm Equinor and British utility SSE have agreed to jointly develop the world's first 100% hydrogen-fuelled power plant in Britain, the companies said on Thursday. Hy...
Apr 08, 2021
Australia recommends the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to people under 50
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia said on Thursday it now recommends the use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine over that produced by AstraZeneca. for people under the age of 50. Europe's drug regulator on Wed...
Apr 08, 2021
ECB’s Lagarde sees receding growth risk beyond short term
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic will weigh on euro zone growth over the coming months but longer term risks are receding and growth will pick up once lockdown measures can be lifted, Eu...
Apr 08, 2021
Hungary government determined to open schools on April 19: PM’s chief of staff
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary will open schools as planned on April 19 as there are no serious risks around the reopening, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Thursday, rejecting conce...
Apr 08, 2021
China administers total of 149.07 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of April 7
BEIJING (Reuters) - China administered about 3.68 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on April 7, bringing the total number of doses given so far to 149.07 million, according to data released by the Na...
Apr 08, 2021
London Stock Exchange investigating Refinitiv data outage
LONDON (Reuters) - The London Stock Exchange Group said on Thursday it was investigating a lengthy outage at its newly-acquired Refinitiv market data unit. The outage at Refinitiv's Eikon platform for...
Apr 08, 2021
African Union drops plans to buy COVID vaccines from India’s SSI, pivots to J&J
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The African Union has dropped plans to secure COVID-19 vaccines from the Serum Institute of India for African nations and is exploring options with Johnson & Johnson, the head of t...
Apr 08, 2021
