Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Next move unclear amid China curbs, says Hong Kong democrat, but ‘we will be back’
By Aleksander Solum HONG KONG (Reuters) - The mass resignation of Hong Kong's opposition lawmakers leaves the pro-democracy movement with no clear option in its fight against Communist Party rulers in...
Nov 13, 2020
Israel signs deal with Pfizer for potential COVID-19 vaccine
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel has signed a deal with Pfizer Inc to receive the drugmaker's potential COVID-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech S...
Nov 13, 2020
Special report: The woman fell from the sky: the pandemic crashes into Russia’s space city
By Polina Ivanova STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) - The Star City Closed Administrative Territorial Unit is barely an hour's drive northeast of the Kremlin, but for decades the town never appeared on any ...
Nov 13, 2020
Swiss report 6,739 new coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - Coronavirus infections rose by 6,739 cases in a day, data from Swiss health authorities showed on Friday. Total confirmed cases in Switzerland and neighbouring principality Liechtenstein i...
Nov 13, 2020
EU watchdog seeks to quell worry over cross-border investment funds
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Seeking to quell industry unease, the European Union's securities watchdog said on Friday there is no call for a fundamental change in how investment funds in the Europ...
Nov 13, 2020
Sewage testing could protect schools, hospitals from COVID-19 outbreaks
By Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) - Early in the pandemic, a few cities and countries around the world began testing sewage for evidence of the coronavirus, hoping to detect rising infections early...
Nov 13, 2020
Explainer: Why Trump’s lawsuits are unlikely to change the outcome of the election
By Jan Wolfe and Tom Hals WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's litigation campaign to discredit President-elect Joe Biden's victory is very unlikely to change the outcome of the electi...
Nov 13, 2020
Biden faces repair job at U.S. spy agencies after tumult under Trump
By Jonathan Landay and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shortly after comparing U.S. intelligence agencies to Nazis, Donald Trump tried to mend fences on his first full day as president. On Jan. ...
Nov 13, 2020
Internet can’t be Wild West, EU’s Breton tells Google CEO Pichai
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's industry chief Thierry Breton has warned Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai that he plans to rein in U.S. tech giants via a raft of new rules to curb the excesses...
Nov 13, 2020
China approves Shanghai Fosun’s unit to run human testing for BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group said on Friday that its unit has received clinical trial approval from China's National Medical Products Administration for a COVID-19...
Nov 13, 2020
