Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Individual vaccine arrangements undermine fair distribution, WHO head says
ZURICH (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Thursday urged nations producing COVID-19 vaccines not to distribute them unilaterally but to donate them to the global COVAX scheme to ensure fairn...
Feb 18, 2021
U.S. House revives bill to ban goods from China’s Xinjiang
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday reintroduced a bipartisan bill that would ban imports from China's Xinjiang region unless it is certified they are not produced wit...
Feb 18, 2021
Dow Inc seeks buyers for German chemical parks infrastructure: sources
By Arno Schuetze FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. chemicals maker Dow Inc has put German infrastructure assets up for sale in a potential 800 million euro ($966 million) deal as it seeks cash for investment...
Feb 18, 2021
COVID infections falling worldwide but WHO warns against apathy
LONDON (Reuters) - Reported daily coronavirus infections have been falling across the world for a month and on Tuesday hit their lowest since mid-October, Reuters figures show, but health experts warn...
Feb 18, 2021
Pfizer plans to test COVID-19 vaccine booster engineered for South African variant
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top Pfizer Inc scientist said on Thursday the company is in intensive discussions with regulators to test a booster shot version of its coronavirus vaccine spec...
Feb 18, 2021
Former Twins IF Brian Dozier announces retirement
Infielder Brian Dozier on Thursday announced his retirement from baseball after nine seasons, the first seven of which were spent in a Minnesota Twins uniform. Dozier, 33, had stints with the Los Ange...
Feb 18, 2021
NFL boosts 2021 salary cap minimum to $180M
The floor of the NFL salary cap for 2021 has been set at $180 million, an increase of $5 million from last year's previous agreement between the league and the NFL Players Association. The NFL informe...
Feb 18, 2021
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - Health authorities in some European countries are facing resistance to AstraZeneca's vaccine after side-effects led hospital staff and other frontline workers to call in sick, putting extr...
Feb 18, 2021
UK says daily COVID deaths reported on Thursday fall to 454
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain recorded 454 further deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test, data released on Thursday showed, with 12,057 new cases reported. There have been a total of 119,387 ...
Feb 18, 2021
Italy reports 347 coronavirus deaths on Thursday, 13,762 new cases
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 347 coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday against 369 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 13,762 from 12,074 the ...
Feb 18, 2021
