Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ride-hailing giant Gojek to shift to electric vehicles by 2030
By Fanny Potkin and Fathin Ungku SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Indonesian ride-hailing startup Gojek plans to make every car and motorcycle on its platform an electric vehicle (EV) by 2030 through partnership...
Apr 30, 2021
AstraZeneca’s Soriot: we didn’t overpromise on COVID-19 vaccine supplies
LONDON (Reuters) -AstraZeneca Chief Executive Pascal Soriot said on Friday the drugmaker had not overpromised on the supply of COVID-19 vaccines around the world, as he defended big cuts in deliveries...
Apr 30, 2021
New Credit Suisse chairman eyes risk and culture, strategic options
ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse's incoming Chairman Antonio Horta-Osorio intends to take a look at the bank's risk management and culture following recent crises, as well as reviewing strategic optio...
Apr 30, 2021
One positive COVID-19 test on Japan luxury cruise ship; passengers disembarking
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nippon Yusen said on Friday that one passenger on its luxury cruise ship "Asuka II" had tested positive for the coronavirus, and that other passengers would be disembarking. ...
Apr 30, 2021
Turkey jails 6 in crypto probe including Thodex CEO’s siblings: courthouse
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court jailed pending trial six suspects late on Thursday as part of a probe into cryptocurrency trading platform Thodex, including the CEO's siblings, a spokeswoman for ...
Apr 30, 2021
Sweden vaccination target pushed forward due to spurning of J&J shots
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden has pushed forward its COVID-19 vaccination target by three weeks, the government said on Friday, as the decision to not use Johnson & Johnson vaccine meant supplies were ...
Apr 30, 2021
Famine looms in southern Madagascar, U.N.’s food agency says
GENEVA (Reuters) -Famine is looming in southern Madagascar, where children are "starving" after drought and sandstorms ruined harvests, the U.N.'s World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. Amer Daoud...
Apr 30, 2021
Global FDI hit 15-year low in 2020, China overtook U.S.: OECD
PARIS (Reuters) - Global foreign direct investment flows ebbed to a 15-year low last year and China, one of the few major economies to eke out growth, overtook the United States as the top destination...
Apr 30, 2021
Japan says Olympics must not burden medical systems
(Corrects advisory line. Adds Rakuten CEO's quote in paragraph 13, and Tokyo cases in final paragraph) TOKYO (Reuters) - The Olympics must not be a burden on medical systems, Japan's chief government ...
Apr 30, 2021
EU to charge Apple over its in-app payment system rules -source
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Antitrust regulators will on Friday charge iPhone Apple with anti-competitive behaviour by not allowing developers to inform users of other purchasing options outside of apps, a p...
Apr 30, 2021
