Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sacklers cited fear of OxyContin lawsuits before transferring $10 billion from their company, documents show
By Mike Spector, Chad Terhune and Lisa Girion NEW YORK (Reuters) - Members of the wealthy Sackler family, owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP, have long denied that the $10 billion they transfe...
Dec 21, 2020
‘It’s now or never’ – Britons scramble for residency in Spain and Portugal ahead of Brexit
By Victoria Waldersee and Isla Binnie LISBON/MADRID (Reuters) - In October, Michelle Jones and her husband Gary boarded a ferry in England for a new life in Spain. Had they left it beyond Britain's pe...
Dec 21, 2020
Belarus to start Sputnik V vaccine production in Q1 – Russia’s RDIF
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus should begin production of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine in the first quarter of next year, the head of Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund said on Monday. Speaking in a televi...
Dec 21, 2020
Turkish VP abruptly halts speech; staff request medical attention
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay paused during a speech and appeared to slur his words on Monday, prompting a staffer to attend to him on stage and ask others for a doctor, accordi...
Dec 21, 2020
Indian farmers start hunger strike to pressure Modi on reforms
By Manoj Kumar (Reuters) - Farmers leaders sought to step up pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to repeal three agricultural reform laws on Monday by starting a 24-hour relay hunger strike. Modi...
Dec 21, 2020
Macron: France needs to step up vigilance over COVID situation
PARIS (Reuters) - France needs to step up its vigilance regarding the COVID-19 situation in the country, given the emergence of a new strain of the virus in the United Kingdom, President Emmanuel Macr...
Dec 21, 2020
German economy to shrink 1% in Q4, more in Q1 – DIW
BERLIN (Reuters) - The second hard lockdown imposed in response to a surge in coronavirus infections will hit the German economy this winter, the DIW research institute said, forecasting that output w...
Dec 21, 2020
Belarus registers Sputnik V vaccine, in first outside Russia – RDIF
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Belarusian health ministry has registered Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, becoming the first country outside Russia to do so, Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund said on Monday. Bel...
Dec 21, 2020
AstraZeneca, Russia’s Sputnik V developer to sign cooperation memorandum -Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Britain's AstraZeneca and Russia's Gamaleya Institute, which developed the Sputnik V vaccine, will sign a memorandum of intent on cooperation on Monday, the Kremlin said. Russia's R...
Dec 21, 2020
EU agreed to pay 15.5 euros per dose for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine -document
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has agreed to pay 15.5 euros ($18.90) per dose for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, an internal EU document reviewe...
Dec 21, 2020
