(Reuters) – A close aide to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained in a new wave of arrests following last week’s military coup, a party official said on Thursday, as Washington moved a step closer to imposing sanctions on the junta.Monks protest against the military coup on a street in Mandalay, Myanmar February 10, 2021. in this […]

The logo of Viant Technology Inc. (DSP) is pictured on the display outside the Nasdaq Market Site in Times Square during the company’s IPO in New York City, New York, U.S., February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Sugar(Reuters) – Shares of Viant Technology Inc jumped 76% in their market debut on Wednesday, giving the advertising software company a market capitalization of $2.53 […]

GENEVA (Reuters) – Health officials around the world gave their backing to the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, after a study showing it had little effect against mild disease caused by the variant now spreading quickly in South Africa rang global alarm. The prospect that new virus variants could evolve the ability to elude vaccines is one of the main risks […]

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina topped two million COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, health officials said, as the country scrambles to ramp up a vaccination program in a race against time to tame the virus ahead of the fast-approaching southern hemisphere autumn.FILE PHOTO: Healthcare workers test teachers and school workers for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the exposition centre La Rural […]

FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, “COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine/ Injection only” and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Johnson & Johnson logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoNEW DELHI (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson is interested in manufacturing its COVID-19 vaccine in India, a government official told a news conference […]

FILE PHOTO: Illustration of products are pictured from Qiagen, the diagnostics company which has agreed an $11.5 billion takeover deal with U.S-based Thermo Fisher in this picture illustration obtained by Reuters March 3, 2020. Qiagen/Handout via REUTERS /File Photo(Reuters) – Genetic testing specialist Qiagen’s Chief Executive Thierry Bernard said the company is interested in organic growth and “bolt-on” acquisitions, when […]

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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Henry NichollsLONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomed the news that the World Health Organization recommended on Wednesday the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for use globally by all adults after some countries have questioned its efficacy. Earlier this week, South Africa said it would put […]