Author Archives: Syndicated Content

BERLIN (Reuters) - Austria has scrapped plans to allow anyone with a negative coronavirus test to exit lockdown a week early, effectively extending strict measures and keeping restaurants and non-esse...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has commended his security detail for their "loyalty and courage" in inoculating themselves with unauthorised COVID-19 vaccines, his spokesman s...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is in discussions with Pfizer and BioNTech about the possibility of ordering more doses of their COVID-19 vaccine, in addition to the 300 million shots alr...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai Airports and the operator of Hyderabad airport, GMR Hyderabad, have agreed a logistics deal for COVID-19 vaccine distribution to handle up to 300 tonnes of vaccines per day, th...

By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's hospitals cannot manage the current trajectory of its fast-growing COVID-19 outbreak and will cancel most non-urgent procedures this week to create as mu...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Local government officials are reviewing working conditions at Chinese e-commerce group Pinduoduo, according to a state-owned newspaper, after the death of an employee caused an ou...

LONDON (Reuters) - EasyJet has begun moves to suspend the voting rights of some non-EU shareholders to comply with post-Brexit airline ownership rules, the UK airline said on Monday. European Union ru...

LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) -A South Korean-flagged tanker has been seized by Iran, Iranian media said on Monday. Iranian media said the vessel had been seized by the country's elite Revolutionary Guards n...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan bought the smallest amount of exchange-traded funds (ETF) in five years on Monday even as shares took a hit from expectations of stricter COVID-19 control measures,...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would have to take tougher measures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, Sky News reported. Johnson said there were "tough, t...