Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Philippines, China vow cooperation for post-pandemic recovery
MANILA (Reuters) - Foreign ministers of China and the Philippines on Saturday committed to prioritising post-pandemic recovery efforts as senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi wrapped up a week-long visit t...
Jan 16, 2021
Serbia receives million doses of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine
BELGRADE (Reuters) - A plane carrying one million doses of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine arrived on Saturday in Serbia, making it the first European country to receive the Chinese vaccine for mass inoc...
Jan 16, 2021
Japan’s suicides jump 16% in COVID-19 second wave after fall in first wave: study
TOKYO (Reuters) - Suicide rates in Japan have jumped in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among women and children, even though they fell in the first wave when the government off...
Jan 16, 2021
U.S. says Vietnam’s currency actions ‘unreasonable’ but holds off on tariffs
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration said on Friday Vietnam's actions to push down the value of its currency are "unreasonable" and restrict U.S. commerce, bu...
Jan 16, 2021
Greece starts COVID-19 vaccinations among the elderly
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece kicked off COVID-19 vaccinations among the elderly on Saturday, after first inoculating tens of thousands of frontline workers to fight the spread of the coronavirus. More th...
Jan 16, 2021
Turkey says it will renew offer for joint working group on S-400s to Biden: NTV
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will renew its offer to form a joint working group with the United States to look into the technical aspects of its acquisition of the Russian S-400 defence systems it acquir...
Jan 16, 2021
Malaysia’s Top Glove reports COVID-19 outbreak at four factories
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's Top Glove Corp, the world's largest medical grade glove maker, said on Saturday some employees at four factories had tested positive for COVID-19 recently. While th...
Jan 16, 2021
Astrazeneca COVID vaccine gets approval in Pakistan: health minister
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Astrazeneca's COVID-19 vaccine has been granted approval for emergency use in Pakistan, the country's health minister said on Saturday, the first vaccine against ...
Jan 16, 2021
Saudi to reopen Qatar embassy in coming days: Saudi minister
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia expects to re-open its embassy in Qatar in the coming days, Saudi's foreign minister said on Saturday, following a U.S.-backed detente last week in a three-year-old dis...
Jan 16, 2021
Malaysia reports 4,029 new coronavirus cases, highest daily count
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 4,029 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the biggest daily increase recorded in the country since the start of the pandemic, bringing the total number of inf...
Jan 16, 2021
