Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hungary plans to have over 4 million people vaccinated by end of April
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary expects to have more than 4 million people vaccinated by the end of this month and to further ease lockdown measures in five or six days, when it has inoculated 3 million ...
Apr 8, 2021
Korean video game firm Krafton applies for IPO, seen worth billions of dollars
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Krafton Inc, the video game holding company that publishes the blockbuster game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), has applied for preliminary approval ...
Apr 8, 2021
China says U.S. to blame for tensions over Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing blamed the United States on Thursday for tensions over Taiwan after a U.S. warship sailed close to the Chinese-claimed island, asking rhetorically whether China would sail ...
Apr 8, 2021
African Union drops plans to buy Covid-19 vaccines from SSI, pivots to J&J
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The African Union has dropped plans to buy Covid-19 vaccines from the Serum Institute of India and is exploring options with Johnson & Johnson, the head of the Africa Centres for D...
Apr 8, 2021
Citi adds ESG scores to data platform for climate-conscious investors
(Reuters) - Citigroup has added environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores to its securities services data platform for clients to track the sustainability exposure of their portfolio holdings,...
Apr 8, 2021
Volvo, SSAB plan first fossil-free steel trucks on road to carbon neutrality
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish truck maker AB Volvo and steel maker SSAB have signed an agreement to produce the world's firstvehicles made of fossil-free steel, the companies said on Thursday. Volvo p...
Apr 8, 2021
Backtracking on one-term pledge, Benin President Talon seeks five more years
By Allegresse Sasse COTONOU, Benin (Reuters) - Benin's President Patrice Talon, who previously vowed to serve only one term, enters Sunday's election a heavy favourite to win five more years in office...
Apr 8, 2021
Russia moves warships to Black Sea for drills: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday it was moving more than 10 navy vessels, including landing boats and artillery warships, from the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea to take par...
Apr 8, 2021
‘We are all aviators’: Australian air force replaces term ‘airmen’
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian air force personnel will now be known as aviators rather than airmen, the force said on Thursday, in an apparent acknowledgement of the increasing diversity of its memb...
Apr 8, 2021
Asia’s rising coronavirus cases a worry as vaccine doubts cloud campaigns
Singapore (Reuters) - India, South Korea and Thailand faced mounting coronavirus infections on Thursday, undermining cautious hopes that Asia might be emerging from the worst of the pandemic as worrie...
Apr 8, 2021
