Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China Sinopharm’s coronavirus vaccine taken by about a million people in emergency use
BEIJING (Reuters) - Nearly one million people have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) through the country's emergency use programme,...
Nov 19, 2020
Party pooper: Most Japan firms cancel year-end bashes due to COVID-19, survey shows
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly 90% of Japanese companies plan to skip year-end and New Year parties to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a private survey showed on Thursday, underscoring the pain the coronavi...
Nov 19, 2020
AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot candidate shows promise among elderly in trials
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc and Oxford University produced a strong immune response in older adults, giving hope it may protect some of...
Nov 19, 2020
Campus march by Hong Kong graduates marks a year since university clashes
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dozens of Hong Kong students turned their graduation ceremony on Thursday into a march to commemorate pro-democracy protests last year that included violent clashes with police a...
Nov 19, 2020
Ukraine reports new daily high coronavirus cases, deaths: minister
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine registered a record of 13,357 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, health minister Maksym Stepanov said on Thursday, up from a previous record of 12,524 cases reported las...
Nov 19, 2020
Exclusive: Adani has no guaranteed buyer for $6 billion Indian solar project – document
By Neha Arora and Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI/CHENNAI (Reuters) - Adani Green Energy's record $6 billion solar power project announced in June has no guaranteed customer, its deal with India's main s...
Nov 19, 2020
Hong Kong court rules that police complaints system breaches Bill of Rights
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's High Court ruled on Thursday that the city government had failed to provide an independent mechanism to handle police complaints, breaching the Asian financial hub's ...
Nov 19, 2020
NBA trade roundup: Pistons wind up with 3 first-round picks
The Detroit Pistons shook up a stagnant NBA draft on Wednesday night with a pair of reported trades that gave them three picks in the first 19 of the annual talent dispersal. After standing pat at No....
Nov 19, 2020
Cineworld considers CVA to survive the coronavirus crisis – FT
(Reuters) - Cineworld is looking at a company voluntary arrangement, an insolvency process used to cut costs, as part of its talks with lenders to gain access to capital, the Financial Times reported,...
Nov 19, 2020
Turkey to buy 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from China, also talking to Pfizer
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will sign a contract within days to buy some 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from China's Sinovac Biotech, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca told parliament. The government...
Nov 19, 2020
