BRUSSELS European governments are working with the United States on plans to overhaul the World Health Organization, a top health official for a European country said, signalling that Europe shares some of the concerns that led Washington to say it would quit. | Video
BRUSSELS The European Commission is in advanced talks with pharmaceuticals giant Johnson & Johnson to reserve or make an up-front purchase of its COVID-19 vaccine under development, two officials familiar with the talks told Reuters.
* EU wants to secure up to six potential vaccines (adds Netherlands involvement in J&J talks; Sanofi)
BRUSSELS, June 18 The European Commission is in advanced talks with pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson to reserve or buy up-front doses of its COVID-19 vaccine under development, two officials familiar with the talks told Reuters.
ROME Italy, the first major European country to roll out a smartphone app to trace COVID-19 infections that does not rely on a centralized database, has already seen 2.2 million downloads in 10 days, a sign Italians are setting aside privacy concerns.
MILAN/LONDON U.S. buyout fund Bain Capital has made a tentative offer for Italy's top-flight soccer league as it seeks to trump a previous proposal by CVC Capital Partners, two sources told Reuters.
MILAN/LONDON, June 11 U.S. buyout fund Bain Capital has made a tentative offer for Italy's top-flight soccer league as it seeks to trump a previous proposal by CVC Capital Partners, two sources told Reuters.
MILAN Shares in Telecom Italia (TIM) fell sharply on Tuesday as Italy's biggest phone group gave no guidance on its 2020 core profit target after reporting a drop in first-quarter earnings.
MILAN CVC Capital Partners has entered into exclusive talks with Serie A to invest up to 2.2 billion euros (1.95 billion pounds) into Italy's top-flight soccer league's broadcasting rights business, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
MILAN, May 14 CVC Capital Partners has entered into exclusive talks with Serie A to invest up to 2.2 billion euros ($2.37 billion) into Italy's top-flight soccer league's broadcasting rights business, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States would in future treat Hong Kong as a Chinese city rather than an autonomous one to the extent that China treats the territory as a Chinese city.