Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German inflation remains in negative territory in December
BERLIN (Reuters) - German annual consumer prices remained negative in December, as a lockdown to contain a second wave of coronavirus infections in Europe's biggest economy kept inflation pressure sub...
Jan 06, 2021
Amazon.com to spend $2 billion in homebuilding near key U.S. offices
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it would spend $2 billion to create affordable homes in regions where three of its major U.S. employment hubs are located. The company said it intends to c...
Jan 06, 2021
EU exec OK for Moderna vaccine to come shortly -EU health chief
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will shortly approve for use the COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. company Moderna, the bloc's top health official said after the European Medicines Agenc...
Jan 06, 2021
Neil Young joins rights harvest with sale of half his songbook
(Reuters) - Singer-songwriter Neil Young has sold a half share of the rights to his entire catalogue of 1,180 songs to London-listed specialist investment firm Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the company said o...
Jan 06, 2021
Swiss plan to extend COVID-19 restrictions to end of February
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland plans to extend its lockdown restrictions by five weeks to the end of February, including closing all restaurants, cultural and recreational sites, the government said o...
Jan 06, 2021
India’s proposed changes to anti-smoking law face objections from tobacco industry
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's tobacco industry will object to a proposal to ban smoking zones in hotels and prohibit advertising at cigarette kiosks as the government steps up anti-smo...
Jan 06, 2021
Over 2 million people displaced by conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region – local official
NAIROBI (Reuters) - About 2.2 million people have been displaced within Ethiopia's Tigray region since fighting erupted there in November with about half fleeing after their homes were burned down, a ...
Jan 06, 2021
Ten presidential candidates call for election re-run in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) - Ten defeated presidential candidates in the Central African Republic are calling for the result of a Dec. 27 election to be annulled and the vote repeated, citing irregularities and...
Jan 06, 2021
Factbox: Moderna’s mRNA coronavirus vaccine
(Reuters) - The European Union's drug watchdog on Wednesday authorized emergency use of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine, nearly two weeks after approving Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's shot for the virus...
Jan 06, 2021
Israel economy to lose $1 billion a week from tighter lockdown – cenbank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A tightening of Israel's third nationwide coronavirus lockdown is expected to cost the country's economy as much as 3.5 billion shekels ($1.1 billion) a week, the central bank es...
Jan 06, 2021
