Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Video shows North Korean defector who swam to South Korea, evaded border guards
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - New video obtained by a South Korean broadcaster offers a glimpse of a daring defection by a North Korean man who last week swam, crawled through a tunnel, and wandered...
Feb 25, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine vial maker Stevanato preps IPO valuing it at up to $5 billion: sources
By Abhinav Ramnarayan, Arno Schuetze and Elisa Anzolin LONDON (Reuters) - Italy's Stevanato Group, manufacturer of glass vials for COVID-19 vaccines and other healthcare products, is making plans for ...
Feb 25, 2021
Syria receives COVID-19 vaccinations from ‘friendly country’: state news agency
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's health minister said on Thursday that the country had received COVID-19 vaccination doses from a "friendly country" and health care workers would start receiving inoculation...
Feb 25, 2021
Former exec at China’s Kuaishou arrested for alleged graft
(Reuters) - A former vice-president of Chinese online short-video sharing firm Kuaishou has been arrested for alleged corruption, the company said on Thursday, as executives from Chinese tech giants c...
Feb 25, 2021
China’s Suning.com says shareholders plan to sell up to 25% stake
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese retailer Suning.com said on Thursday shareholders plan to sell 20% to 25% of the company to unnamed buyers which might lead to a change in control as its parent seeks to ra...
Feb 25, 2021
2018 Parchment water crisis reflected as studies into risks of PFAS combined with COVID-19 begin
PARCHMENT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Three new national studies are trying to determine if "forever chemicals" known as PFAS compounds increase the risk of contracting COVID-19 or weaken the vaccines' a...
Feb 25, 2021
Tesla short-sellers sitting on $3.5 billion weekly profits: Ortex
LONDON (Reuters) - Short-sellers are sitting on estimated profits of $3.5 billion from their bearish positions on Tesla shares in the past seven days, as of Feb 23, data from financial analytics firm ...
Feb 25, 2021
Best Buy signals waning demand for work-from-home electronics
(Reuters) - Best Buy Co Inc signaled a slowdown in the coronavirus crisis-driven demand for remote-work computer equipment on Thursday as it missed holiday-quarter sales estimates, sending its shares ...
Feb 25, 2021
Debilitating ‘long-COVID’ may have severe health, social impacts: WHO
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of COVID-19 patients continue to suffer serious, debilitating and lingering symptoms many months after their initial bout of infection, with major social, ...
Feb 25, 2021
Moderna sees $18.4 billion in sales from COVID-19 vaccine in 2021
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Thursday it was expecting to post $18.4 billion in sales from its COVID-19 vaccine this year. Pfizer Inc, which makes the only other vaccine authorized for emergency us...
Feb 25, 2021
