Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sinopharm, Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine data show efficacy: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Chinese vaccine makers Sinopharm and Sinovac have presented data on their COVID-19 vaccines indicating levels of efficacy that would be compatible with those required by the World H...
Mar 31, 2021
ByteDance considers listing Douyin in New York or Hong Kong: sources
By Yingzhi Yang and Julie Zhu BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - ByteDance is in talks about a possible offshore listing of its short video app Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, in New York or Hong Ko...
Mar 31, 2021
Mounting COVID-19 deaths dim Hungary’s hopes of reopening
By Anita Komuves and Marton Dunai BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary on Wednesday reported coronavirus fatalities reaching a new high and doctors described hospitals filling beyond capacity, signalling the ...
Mar 31, 2021
Yemen gets first COVID-19 vaccines as second wave spreads
ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen received its first COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, a week after the war-ravaged country's internationally-recognised government declared a health emergency in response to a seco...
Mar 31, 2021
‘The last straw’: Why an irked Erdogan fired Turkey’s central bank chief
By Orhan Coskun and Jonathan Spicer ANKARA (Reuters) - Politics drove Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's sacking of central bank chief Naci Agbal after just four months in office, six people with know...
Mar 31, 2021
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective on adolescents in trial, companies say
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Wednesday their COVID-19 vaccine was safe and effective and produced robust antibody responses in 12- to 15-year olds, pavin...
Mar 31, 2021
Gunshots heard at Indonesian police headquarters: media
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police fired shots at a woman who entered the national police headquarters in Jakarta on Wednesday, according to local media reports, which described her as an attacker....
Mar 31, 2021
World Bank sees Western Balkan economies rebounding to growth in 2021
BELGRADE (Reuters) - The economies of the six countries in the Western Balkans could grow by 4.4% in 2021, up from a 4.8% contraction in 2020, if the region successfully emerges from the COVID-19 pand...
Mar 31, 2021
China to launch COVID-19 vaccination in four border cities and counties in Yunnan province: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will launch mass COVID-19 vaccinations in four border cities and counties in the southwestern Yunnan province, including Ruili, from April 1, official news agency Xinhua repo...
Mar 31, 2021
Kremlin says fears Ukrainian side could restart civil war in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday it was worried by the situation in eastern Ukraine, fearing the Ukrainian side could do something that would restart a civil war there. President Vladi...
Mar 31, 2021
