Author Archives: Syndicated Content
COVID-19 deaths expected to rise further, German health institute says
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said on Thursday the number of COVID-19 deaths is set to rise and it expects an uncontrolled spread of the diseases in some p...
Nov 12, 2020
Hundreds of disillusioned doctors leave Lebanon, in blow to healthcare
By Samia Nakhoul and Issam Abdallah BEIRUT (Reuters) - Fouad Boulos returned to Beirut in 2007 from the United States having trained there in pathology and laboratory medicine. He was so confident tha...
Nov 12, 2020
Global oil demand unlikely to get vaccine boost until later in 2021: IEA
LONDON (Reuters) - Global oil demand is unlikely to get a significant boost from the roll-out of vaccines against COVID-19 until well into 2021, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday,...
Nov 12, 2020
AstraZeneca’s cancer drug disappoints as potential COVID-19 treatment
By Aakash B (Reuters) - AstraZeneca's blood cancer treatment, Calquence, failed to improve survival rates and prevent lung failure in patients hospitalised with symptoms of COVID-19, the drugmaker sai...
Nov 12, 2020
China will strive to achieve major tech breakthroughs: President Xi
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will strive to achieve major breakthroughs in key technologies, state media quoted President Xi Jinping as saying on Thursday. China will build trading platforms for internat...
Nov 12, 2020
Russia taps global debt market for first time in 2020 with Eurobond placement, sources say
By Oksana Kobzeva and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia tapped the global debt market on Thursday for the first time this year by opening the books for two sovereign euro-denominated ...
Nov 12, 2020
BTS to celebrate New Year with first show since coronavirus shut-down
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean boyband sensation BTS will welcome in the New Year with their first live concert since they were forced to call off a world tour because of the novel cor...
Nov 12, 2020
Tencent’s quarterly profit jumps 89%, above forecast
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings Ltd reported on Thursday a forecast-beating 89% rise in quarterly profit. The world's largest gaming firm by revenue booked...
Nov 12, 2020
Indonesia reports 4,173 new coronavirus infections, 97 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 4,173 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, taking its total number of cases to 452,291, according to the country's COVID-19 task force. It also reported 97 mo...
Nov 12, 2020
China says faces greater risk of local virus infection caused by imported cases over winter
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is facing an increased risk of local transmission of the new coronavirus in the winter due to imported cases from abroad, said a senior official at the country's health autho...
Nov 12, 2020
