Category Archives: Syndicated
Twenty years on, Japan government’s digital ambitions still stuck in piles of paper
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Two decades after Japan rolled out an ambitious plan to go digital, the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the government's deeply rooted technological shortcomings as ...
Jul 24, 2020
AstraZeneca’s lung disease treatment gets FDA nod
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved AstraZeneca's drug to treat patients with a form of lung disease, the British drugmaker said on Friday. The drug Breztri Aerosphere is being ...
Jul 24, 2020
British Airways owner IAG extends partnership with American Express
(Reuters) - British Airways owner International Airlines Group on Friday said it had signed a multi-year renewal agreement with American Express , extending its worldwide commercial partnership with t...
Jul 24, 2020
On trial on riot charges, Hong Kong newlyweds prepared for life apart
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - For Valentine's Day this year, Henry Tong gave his wife, Elaine To, a photo book. It holds the memories of their life together: their first date six years ago, kis...
Jul 24, 2020
UK to make announcement soon on plans to tackle obesity
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will be making an announcement on how it plans to tackle obesity shortly, a junior minister said on Friday, after media reported that the government plans to introduce restr...
Jul 24, 2020
Vodafone targets Frankfurt listing for mast unit in early 2021
LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone , the world's second biggest mobile operator, said on Friday it would list its towers unit, named Vantage Towers, in Frankfurt in early 2021. It announced it would set up a...
Jul 24, 2020
UK retail sales jump by nearly 14% in June: ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales grew more strongly than expected in June when non-essential stores in England were allowed to reopen to the public in the middle of the month. Retail sales in J...
Jul 24, 2020
Airbus offers ‘final’ concession to ease jet subsidy dispute
PARIS (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus on Friday made what it described as a final step aimed at halting a transatlantic trade war over billions of dollars of aircraft subsidies. Airbus said it ...
Jul 24, 2020
EU economics commissioner sees recovery fund payment in second half of 2021: paper
ROME (Reuters) - Payments of the massive coronavirus stimulus approved by leaders of the European Union will start in the second half of next year, the bloc's economy commissioner, Paolo Gentiloni, wa...
Jul 24, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Moderna loses challenge to Arbutus patent on vaccine tech Moderna Inc has lost a bid to invalidate a U.S. patent owned by Arbu...
Jul 24, 2020
