Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Europe will need fiscal help into 2022: Lagarde
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone states must keep fiscal spending up this year and into 2022 to protect the bloc from permanent damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, European Central Bank Presiden...
Feb 10, 2021
Global short-bias funds lag in price performance this year
(Reuters) - Global mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that have net short positions in assets including stocks and commodities are the worst performers this year, according to Refinitiv dat...
Feb 10, 2021
Thai protests resume, taking aim at royal insults law
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters gathered in Bangkok on Wednesday to demand the release of four activists jailed a day earlier pending their trial for insulting Thailand's king, a crime puni...
Feb 10, 2021
‘This used to be your favourite show’: Polish media falls silent to protest tax
WARSAW (Reuters) - Several private TV and radio stations and web portals in Poland took themselves off the air on Wednesday in protest against a proposed media advertising tax they say threatens the i...
Feb 10, 2021
Four blasts hit Kabul, district police chief among the dead
KABUL (Reuters) - Four blasts rocked Afghanistan's capital on Wednesday, killing two people, including a police chief who had been attempting to crack down on the city's growing insecurity, marked by ...
Feb 10, 2021
SoftBank to invest $900 million in gene sequencing firm Pacific Biosciences
(Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp will invest $900 million in gene sequencing firm Pacific Biosciences of California Inc in its latest healthcare investment, the company said on Wednesday. (Reporting by...
Feb 10, 2021
Get used to idea of re-vaccinating against COVID, UK PM Johnson says
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - British people should expect to receive repeated vaccinations against COVID-19 in future to keep pace with mutations of the virus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on...
Feb 10, 2021
WHO to issue recommendations on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization will issue its interim recommendations on the use of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University on Wednesday at 1500gmt, a sta...
Feb 10, 2021
Uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully enters Mars orbit – state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft on Wednesday successfully entered orbit around Mars after a 6-1/2-month journey through space, state broadcaster CCTV reported, in China's first inde...
Feb 10, 2021
India’s Modi invites protesting farmers for talks on farm bills
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday invited protesting farmers for talks to address growers' concerns about three new agricultural laws that seek to deregulate the c...
Feb 10, 2021
