Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Philippines extends travel ban, steps up safeguards over COVID-19 variant
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines on Friday extended by two weeks a ban on travelers from more than 30 territories and countries where a more transmissible COVID-19 variant has been detected, with th...
Jan 15, 2021
AstraZeneca lung cancer drug approved for new dosing regimen in EU, UK
(Reuters) - British drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Friday that its cancer drug Imfinzi had been approved in Europe and Britain for a spaced-out, fixed-dose regimen for a common type of lung cancer, to ...
Jan 15, 2021
Travel ban over Brazilian variant precautionary, UK transport minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - A Brazilian variant of the coronavirus is significant enough to justify stopping flights from South America as a precaution, British transport minister Grant Shapps said on Friday, ...
Jan 15, 2021
Uganda’s President Museveni has early lead in election, preliminary results show
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni took an early lead in the presidential election race, according to preliminary results released on Friday morning by the electoral commission. Wi...
Jan 15, 2021
China says firmly opposes new U.S. sanctions
BEIJING (Reuters) - China firmly opposes new sanctions by the United States on its officials and companies over accusations of misdeeds in the disputed South China Sea, as well as an investment ban on...
Jan 15, 2021
China will provide necessary support for economic recovery, says PBOC vice governor
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's monetary policy will provide necessary support for the country's economic recovery in 2021, Chen Yulu, a vice governor at the People's Bank of China (PBOC), said on Friday....
Jan 15, 2021
WHO-led team in China will start meetings online from quarantine
By Thomas Peter and John Geddie WUHAN, China/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 are to begin virtual meetings with their Chinese hosts fro...
Jan 15, 2021
Eyes on Pelosi as Trump impeachment trial timing up in the air
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The timing of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial could come into clearer focus on Friday when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to take questions ...
Jan 15, 2021
Carrefour staff worried about Couche-Tard approach, union says
PARIS (Reuters) - A takeover approach for Carrefour by Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard is raising concerns over jobs and the future management of the French retailer among staff, a Carrefour CFDT un...
Jan 15, 2021
German transport tech startup KONUX raises $80 million from investors
BERLIN (Reuters) - KONUX, a Munich-based startup that uses artificial intelligence to help run railway networks, said on Friday it had raised $80 million from investors, and would hire 100 data scient...
Jan 15, 2021
