Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fujifilm’s Avigan shows no significant benefit on COVID-19 mortality: study
TOKYO (Reuters) - A study of global trials of Fujifilm Holdings Corp's antiviral drug Avigan suggests it has little benefit for COVID-19 patients once their symptoms become serious. The meta-analysis ...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Barclays resumes dividend payouts as annual profit halves
By Lawrence White and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays has resumed shareholder payouts after a year-long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, setting expectations other British lenders will fo...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Texas energy freeze stretches to sixth day, raises Mexico’s ire
By Jennifer Hiller HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas's freeze entered a sixth day on Thursday, as the largest energy-producing state in the United States grappled with massive refining outages and oil and gas...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Two Belsat journalists jailed for two years in Belarus for filming protests
KYIV (Reuters) - A Belarusian court sentenced two Belarusian journalists from Poland-based TV news channel Belsat to two years in prison on Thursday, after authorities arrested them for live filming p...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Hong Kong approves China’s Sinovac vaccine, rollout from Feb 26
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong has formally approved China's Sinovac vaccine for emergency use with the rollout starting on Feb. 26, the city's health secretary said on Thursday, paving the way for r...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Taiwan minister flags improvement in auto chip supplies
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan firms are working hard to resolve a shortage of automotive chips, Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said on Thursday, adding that she understood there had been an improvement in ...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Japan’s Hashimoto says she was selected as new Tokyo 2020 president
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Seiko Hashimoto, a woman who has competed in seven Olympics, has been chosen as president of the Tokyo 2020 Organising committee, she said on Thursday, replacing a man who re...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Anger mounts as Facebook’s Australia news ban sweeps up charities, government pages
By Swati Pandey and Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Dozens of Australian companies, charities and information providers reacted with anger on Thursday after being shut down by Facebook, imploring th...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
NBA roundup: Damian Lillard scores 43 in Blazers’ win
Damian Lillard capped his 43-point night with the decisive three-point play as the visiting Portland Trail Blazers won their sixth consecutive game, defeating the New Orleans Pelicans 126-124 on Wedne...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
India’s Bharat Biotech pursues COVID-19 vaccine approval in over 40 countries
By Anuron Kumar Mitra BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's Bharat Biotech is in the process of filing regulatory documents for approval of its COVID-19 vaccine, COVAXIN, in more than 40 countries, the compan...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021





