Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
EU drug regulator: 169 cases of rare brain blood clot out of 34 million AstraZeneca doses in region
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The European drug regulator has received reports of 169 cases of a rare brain blood clot in people who received AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, a official said on Wednesday, as th...
Apr 07, 2021
Mozambique seeks targeted foreign support to help tackle insurgency: president
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mozambique has told the international community what support it needs to deal with an Islamic State-linked insurgency, but for reasons of sovereignty it will tackle some aspec...
Apr 07, 2021
UK vaccine panel says under-30s should not receive Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should not give Oxford University/AstraZeneca's vaccine to under 30s where possible, Britain's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said on Wednesday, due ...
Apr 07, 2021
