Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan to provide $4.8 million grant to Armenia and Azerbaijan over Karabakh conflict
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Japan on Tuesday said it decided to extend an emergency aid grant to Armenia and Azerbaijan totalling $4.8 million, in response to the humanitarian crisis created as a result of la...
Feb 16, 2021
Spain to receive another 20.8 million doses of Pfizer vaccine from April
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's government said on Tuesday that the country will receive 20.8 million additional doses of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine from April, as part of a broader agreement t...
Feb 16, 2021
Denmark logs contagious COVID variant in 45% of positive tests
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark registered the more contagious coronavirus variant B.1.1.7, first detected in Britain, in 45% of positive tests analyzed for their genetic material in the second week of...
Feb 16, 2021
Erdogan says Turkey will expand operations against Kurdish militants
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey will expand its cross-border operations against Kurdish militants after 13 captured Turks were killed in northern Iraq. Turkey said o...
Feb 16, 2021
Maplelane raises bearish option bets on GameStop, American Airlines
(Reuters) - Hedge fund Maplelane Capital has raised its bearish options bets on GameStop and American Airlines, companies that were at the heart of a retail-investor-led rally in heavily shorted stock...
Feb 16, 2021
Germany dashes hopes of businesses for quick reopening of economy
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier on Tuesday dashed hopes of business lobby groups for a quick reopening of the economy, saying the country should not rush to ease coronavirus ...
Feb 16, 2021
Croatia’s drugs wholesalers ask government to settle bills
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's drugs wholesalers urged the government on Tuesday to quickly pay them what they are owed by state-owned hospitals and pharmacies. Settling the drugs wholesalers' demands w...
Feb 16, 2021
Relaunching in a crisis, Alitalia scales back at home
By Francesca Landini and Laurence Frost MILAN (Reuters) - The deepest crisis in aviation history might seem the worst time to relaunch an airline. But for Alitalia the turmoil could provide just the o...
Feb 16, 2021
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - Euro zone gross domestic product fell less than initially estimated in the last quarter of 2020 and employment edged higher against the previous three months despite pandemic lockdowns, ne...
Feb 16, 2021
Bitcoin vaults above $50,000 for first time ever
By Thyagaraju Adinarayan LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin rose above $50,000 on Tuesday to a new record high, building on a rally fuelled by signs that the world's biggest cryptocurrency is gaining acceptan...
Feb 16, 2021
