Author Archives: Syndicated Content
British to face ban on entering EU under German plan to shut borders: The Times
(Reuters) - European governments would be allowed to ban all UK residents from entering their countries and cut all passenger transport links with Britain under a German proposal to the European Union...
Jan 20, 2021
Senate vote on Yellen as Treasury chief unlikely until next week: sources
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee is unlikely to vote on the nomination of Janet Yellen for Treasury Secretary until next week, congressional s...
Jan 20, 2021
U.S. Senate approves Haines as Director of National Intelligence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved Avril Haines as the Director of National Intelligence, the nation's top intelligence job, making her the first of President Joe Biden's nom...
Jan 20, 2021
UK researchers say lateral flow tests detect the most infectious COVID cases
LONDON (Reuters) - Rapid lateral flow tests will likely identify the most infectious COVID-19 cases with higher viral loads despite concerns over the overall sensitivity of the tests, Oxford Universit...
Jan 20, 2021
‘No evidence of decline’ in COVID-19 rates in England’s third lockdown
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A third pandemic lockdown appears to be having little impact on rates of COVID-19 in England, researchers warned on Thursday, with prevalence of the disease "very hi...
Jan 20, 2021
EU leaders convene amid vaccine delays, virus variant fears
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will on Thursday seek to address the coronavirus pandemic's mounting challenges, from containing more infectious variants to the threat...
Jan 20, 2021
U.S. CDC reports 400,306 deaths from the coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 24,135,690 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 153,106 from its previous count, and said the number...
Jan 20, 2021
Asian stocks set for strong start after day of gains on Wall Street
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian markets were set to rise on Thursday after U.S. stocks closed at record highs on hopes that newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden would put in place...
Jan 20, 2021
U.N. aid coordinator halts Venezuela cash transfer programs, sources say
CARACAS (Reuters) - The United Nations Office for Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs has halted programs in Venezuela that provide cash transfers to the poor via local nonprofit organizations, acco...
Jan 20, 2021
Conflicting COVID-19 results for Roche arthritis drug show more trials needed
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Larger trials are needed to assess whether Roche's arthritis drug tocilizumab can cut death rates among the sickest COVID-19 patients, scientists said on Wednesday, ...
Jan 20, 2021
