Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Indonesia to woo Tesla investment in push to become battery superpower
By Gayatri Suroyo, Tom Allard and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo said he will send a high-level team next week to meet with top executives of U.S. automaker Tesl...
Nov 13, 2020
World’s top intensive care body advises against remdesivir for sickest COVID patients
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Antiviral remdesivir should not be used as a routine treatment for COVID-19 patients in critical care wards, the head of one of the world's top bodies repre...
Nov 13, 2020
Vaccine alliance says raises $2 billion to buy COVID shots for poor countries
LONDON (Reuters) - A facility set up by the GAVI vaccine group and the World Health Organization (WHO) to buy and distribute COVID-19 vaccines for poorer countries has raised more than $2 billion for ...
Nov 13, 2020
ECB to discuss new inflation target next week: Rehn
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will discuss possible tweaks to its inflation target at a seminar next week, Finnish central bank governor Olli Rehn said on Friday, reinforcing expectat...
Nov 13, 2020
Kalamazoo Promise has paid out nearly $150-million for high education
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The Kalamazoo Promise is marking its 15th anniversary this week. Over 7,000 Kalamazoo Public Schools graduates have taken advantage of the scholarship program which ...
Nov 13, 2020
Exclusive: Indonesia to start mass COVID-19 vaccination this year – President
By Tom Allard, Stanley Widianto and Gayatri Suroyo JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has sought emergency authorisation to start a mass vaccination campaign by the end of the year to combat the coronaviru...
Nov 13, 2020
Hungary’s Orban likens EU to former Soviet Union if rule of law criteria accepted
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary cannot accept a link between access to European Union funds and meeting rule-of-law criteria as this would be akin to the EU operating like the former Soviet Union, Prime ...
Nov 13, 2020
Indonesia reports 5,444 new coronavirus cases in record daily rise
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 5,444 new coronavirus infections on Friday, its biggest daily rise in cases, with 104 more deaths. The latest figures from the country's COVID-19 task force take...
Nov 13, 2020
SeaDream halts Caribbean cruise as passengers test positive for COVID-19
OSLO (Reuters) - SeaDream Yacht Club has halted a cruise in the Caribbean following several positive coronavirus tests among passengers, the company said in a statement on Friday. The SeaDream I vesse...
Nov 13, 2020
Five years after Paris attacks, France back on maximum alert
PARIS (Reuters) - Five years after a squad of Islamist killers waged the deadliest attack during peacetime in modern-day France, Prime Minister Jean Castex on Friday paid tribute to those killed, with...
Nov 13, 2020
