Topline Americans will soon be permitted to enter France for the first time in more than a year with vaccine passports, French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday, as France prepares to scale down its coronavirus lockdown next month and welcome international visitors. Key Facts France will begin “progressively” lifting nationwide restrictions in early May, and…
Topline Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is abandoning her plan to launch a right-wing congressional group dubbed the America First Caucus after the publication of a seven-page platform vowing to protect “Anglo-Saxon political traditions” by congressional newsletter Punchbowl News, her spokesperson told Forbes. Key Facts “She’s not planning on launching it at this time,” the spokesperson…
FILE PHOTO: A teenager receives a vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 24, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen ZvulunJERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has registered eight cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in India and believes that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is at least partially effective against it, an Israeli health official said on…
LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) – Deutsche Telekom has invested in Celo, a blockchain payments platform that allows mobile phone access to “decentralised finance” projects that allow users to bypass traditional financial firms, the company said on Tuesday.It did not disclose the size of the investment.Deutsche Telekom has also bought an unspecific amount of the Celo…
LONDON (Reuters) – A British parliamentary committee will summon finance minister Rishi Sunak and former Prime Minister David Cameron to appear before it to answer questions about the ex-leader’s lobbying for the now failed supply-chain finance firm Greensill Capital.A series of inquiries have been launched into what access lobbyists have had to Prime Minister Boris…
The Bank of Japan is set to predict for the first time that inflation will remain well short of its 2% target beyond Governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s term through early 2023, say sources familiar with its thinking.The central bank is also expected to trim this fiscal year’s inflation forecast reflecting cuts in cellphone charges, the sources…
A group of journalists in Japan called on Myanmar’s junta on Tuesday to free a colleague, Yuki Kitazumi, detained in Yangon following a crackdown on media amid ongoing protests against the military overthrow of an elected government.”We want the junta to stop oppressing the citizens of Myanmar, and we seek the swift release of the…
Health and ScienceChina is starting clinical trials of a Covid vaccine that can be inhaledPublished Mon, Apr 19 20211:13 AM EDTUpdated Mon, Apr 19 20212:22 AM EDTYen Nee Lee@YenNee_LeeShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailKey PointsChina's CanSino Biologics will start clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine administered through inhalation…
TechChina may test its digital currency with foreign visitors at the 2022 Beijing Winter OlympicsPublished Sun, Apr 18 202110:49 PM EDTArjun Kharpal@ArjunKharpalShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailKey PointsChina is trying to make it possible for foreign athletes and visitors to use its digital currency during the Beijing Winter…
Traders work during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 28, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City. JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images US shares fell on Monday as technology shares dragged indexes lower. Investors remain cautious over the slew of corporate earnings ahead as well as the ongoing…





