Author Archives: Syndicated Content
AstraZeneca reaffirms meeting with EU still on for Wednesday
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Astrazeneca said on Wednesday that a meeting between the British drugmaker and European Union representatives to discuss COVID-19 vaccine supplies would go ahead as planned on We...
Jan 27, 2021
British government faces pushback on mass COVID-19 testing plan – sources
By Alistair Smout and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists and advisers are resisting British government plans to test the population for COVID-19 to boost efforts to reopen the economy becau...
Jan 27, 2021
AT&T quarterly postpaid phone additions jump on 5G boost
(Reuters) - AT&T Inc said on Wednesday it added more postpaid phone subscribers than expected during the fourth quarter, helped by an uptick in demand for its 5G services as people continued to work f...
Jan 27, 2021
Bahrain stops indoor dining, moves schools to remote learning to contain COVID-19 – ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain will suspend dine-in services in restaurants and cafes and will move public and private schools to remote learning for three weeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus, t...
Jan 27, 2021
Boeing 737 MAX safe to return to service in Europe, regulator says
PARIS (Reuters) - Boeing's 737 MAX airliner is safe to return to service in Europe, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said on Wednesday, lifting a 22-month flight ban after two crashes ...
Jan 27, 2021
Israel to vaccinate athletes for Tokyo Games by May
(Reuters) - Israel intends to have all its athletes due to compete at the Tokyo Olympics vaccinated against COVID-19 by May, its National Olympic Committee said on Wednesday, amid global debate over w...
Jan 27, 2021
Biden’s U.N. pick to warn that U.S. absence allows China to thrive at world body
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's nominee to be ambassador to the United Nations will stress on Wednesday the importance of U.S. re-engagement with the 193-member wor...
Jan 27, 2021
AstraZeneca to ask Japanese drugmaker to mass produce COVID-19 vaccine – Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - AstraZeneca will ask a Japanese biotechnology company, JCR Pharmaceutical, to produce some 90 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine so Japan can avoid shortages around the world that...
Jan 27, 2021
UK COVID variant sufferers cough more, but smell less affected – survey
LONDON (Reuters) - People testing positive for the new British variant of the coronavirus are more likely to report coughing, sore throat or fatigue as symptoms of COVID-19, but are less likely to los...
Jan 27, 2021
German lockdown beginning to take effect, new CDU leader says
DUSSELDORF (Reuters) - Germany's coronavirus lockdown is starting to take effect, the new leader of the ruling Christian Democrats said on Wednesday, noting that the seven-day infection rate had falle...
Jan 27, 2021
