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Judge ends Blagojevich’s supervision
CHICAGO — A federal judge has granted an early termination of supervised release to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said in Tuesday’s order that prosec...
Jun 02, 2021
Sinopharm able to provide over 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to rest of world in H2 2021-Chairman
BEIJING (Reuters) - China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) has the capacity to provide more than 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to the rest of the world in the second half of this year, the...
Jun 02, 2021
Belarusian man returned to prison after trying to cut own throat in court -local media
(Reuters) - A Belarusian man who tried to cut his own throat during a court hearing has likely been taken back to prison after undergoing emergency treatment in hospital, local independent media outle...
Jun 02, 2021
Philippines Duterte urges vaccine uptake after missing targets
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to the public on Wednesday to get vaccinated against COVID-19, after data showed the government was far behind its immunisation targets...
Jun 02, 2021
Savannah Energy in talks to buy Exxon’s stake in Chad, Cameroon assets
(Reuters) -Africa-focused Savannah Energy said on Wednesday it was in exclusive talks to buy U.S. oil producer Exxon Mobil Corp's interest in two energy assets in Chad and Cameroon. The British oil an...
Jun 02, 2021
Vaccine group GAVI says summit secures $2.4 billion for COVID shots for poor countries
ZURICH (Reuters) - The chairman of the GAVI vaccine alliance, Jose Manuel Barroso, said on Wednesday that a pledging summit secured nearly $2.4 billion, bringing total contributions nearly to $9.6 bil...
Jun 02, 2021
Bezos-backed NotCo receives funding from Enlightened Hospitality Investments
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos-backed NotCo has received an investment from Enlightened Hospitality Investments (EHI) and expects to hit $1 billion valuation by the end of the year, the...
Jun 02, 2021
H-farm shares jump as set to exceed 2024 goals on Depop sale proceeds
ROME (Reuters) - Shares in Italy's H-Farm rose as much as 17% on Wednesday after the venture capital firm said it would exceed the targets it set in its plan to 2024 thanks to proceeds it will receive...
Jun 02, 2021
GameStop boosts teen interest in investing – survey
By Sinad Carew (Reuters) - While traders were flocking to GameStop earlier this year, the stock was also capturing the imagination of U.S. teenagers, according to a survey from Wells Fargo. A third of...
Jun 02, 2021
CanSinoBIO’s inhalation COVID-19 shot in mid-stage trial, says CEO
BEIJING (Reuters) - An inhalation version of CanSino Biologics' COVID-19 vaccine is being tested in a Phase II clinical trial, Chief Executive Yu Xuefeng said late on Wednesday. Yu made the comment at...
Jun 02, 2021
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