Author Archives: Syndicated Content
A lotus, not a Chinese dragon: Indian PM Modi’s home state changes name of fruit
By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - The government in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat has decided to change the name of dragon fruit as it feels the original name ...
Jan 20, 2021
Blanket border closures makes no sense in pandemic: EU’s von der Leyen
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries need to synchronise the roll-out of vaccine measures and may need additional restrictions, but should not simply close their borders to keep COVID-19 case...
Jan 20, 2021
Bank of England adapts bank stress test for pandemic era
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Wednesday the aim of its banking stress test this year is to check if banks can continue helping the economy during the pandemic and if a re...
Jan 20, 2021
French demand for COVID shots outstrips supply
By Noemie Olive GARCHES, France (Reuters) - Jeanne Becart, mayor of the Paris suburb of Garches, said public health officials told her to get ready to administer 1,200 COVID-19 vaccines a week. But fo...
Jan 20, 2021
Commerzbank deepens partnership with Microsoft amid revamp
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Commerzbank said on Wednesday that it would widen its partnership with Microsoft by putting a significant portion of its applications in the cloud over the next five years. The t...
Jan 20, 2021
Pope urges more nations to join U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday urged more nations to join a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons, saying their prohibition is badly needed to promote peace today. The Treaty on the ...
Jan 20, 2021
Kremlin says would welcome Biden’s efforts to extend New START arms control treaty
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday it remained committed to extending the New START nuclear arms control treaty with the United States and would welcome efforts promised by the administr...
Jan 20, 2021
China takes parting shot at ‘lying and cheating’ Pompeo
By Cate Cadell and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) - With hours left in Donald Trump's presidency, China's foreign ministry took aim at its chief U.S. antagonist, "lying and cheating" Secretary of State...
Jan 20, 2021
Pfizer vaccine appears effective against coronavirus variant found in Britain: study
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is likely to protect against a more infectious variant of the virus, which was discovered in Britain and has spread around t...
Jan 20, 2021
Biden to order agencies to revisit vehicle tailpipe emissions standards
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will order U.S. agencies on Wednesday to revisit fuel efficiency standards as well as rules governing emissions from airplanes, and...
Jan 20, 2021
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