Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mali to buy 8.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali plans to buy over 8.4 million doses of coronavirus vaccine and expects to start a vaccination campaign in April, the council of ministers said in a statement on Thursday. It sa...
Jan 21, 2021
Swiss court to rule in Steinmetz trial over Guinea mining deal
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - A Swiss criminal court will rule on Friday whether Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz is guilty of corruption and forgery charges in one of the mining world's m...
Jan 21, 2021
China overtakes Germany with largest current account surplus-Ifo
By Michael Nienaber and Rene Wagner BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's current account surplus shrank for the fifth year in a row in 2020 as China overtook Europe's biggest economy during the COVID-19 pande...
Jan 21, 2021
Colombia COVID-19 deaths climb past 50,000, cases close on 2 million
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Deaths from COVID-19 in Colombia have surpassed 50,000, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday, as reported coronavirus infections approached 2 million. The Andean country has repo...
Jan 21, 2021
Intel’s financially sensitive information stolen by hacker: FT
(Reuters) - Intel Corp's financially sensitive information was stolen by a hacker from its corporate website that prompted the company to release its earnings statement ahead of schedule, the Financia...
Jan 21, 2021
Cape Verde grants house arrest to jailed Maduro envoy, lawyers say
CARACAS (Reuters) - A Cape Verde court has granted house arrest to a Colombian businessman linked to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro who is wanted by U.S. authorities on charges of money launderin...
Jan 21, 2021
Biden to push U.S. Congress for money to fight pandemic globally
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States will back a global plan to combat COVID-19 and get vaccines to poorer countries as part of a national strategy unveiled by President Joe Bide...
Jan 21, 2021
West Virginia touts COVID-19 vaccination success story as national rollout sputters
By Barbara Goldberg, Nathan Layne and Maria Caspani (Reuters) - With President Joe Biden pledging to jump-start a vaccination rollout that he has denounced as a dismal failure so far, West Virginia is...
Jan 21, 2021
U.S. FDA approves GSK unit’s long-acting HIV injection
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a long-acting HIV injection from British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline's HIV treatment division, ViiV Healthcare. "This is the first ...
Jan 21, 2021
TV audience for Biden’s swearing-in tops Trump’s viewership: Variety
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Roughly 39.87 million people watched live coverage of Democrat Joe Biden's inauguration as U.S. president on six TV networks, Hollywood publication Variety reported on Thursday...
Jan 21, 2021
