Author Archives: Syndicated Content
WHO welcomes Moderna move not to enforce COVID-19 vaccine patents
GENEVA (Reuters) - World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed on Friday U.S. drug company Moderna Inc's decision not to enforce patents related to its experimental COVID-19 va...
Oct 09, 2020
Trump unlikely to return to campaign trail until Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is unlikely to travel this weekend for campaign events as he had hoped and is more likely to return to the campaign trail on Monday, an administratio...
Oct 09, 2020
Chinese military spokesperson tells U.S. to halt provocative actions
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Chinese military spokesperson said on Friday that the U.S. destroyer John McCain had entered waters around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea claimed by China ...
Oct 09, 2020
Italy tops 5,000 daily coronavirus cases for first time since March
ROME (Reuters) - Italy has registered 5,372 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Friday, the first time the country has exceeded 5,000 cases in a single day s...
Oct 09, 2020
UK new cases of COVID-19 fall to 13,864
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 13,864 new daily cases of COVID-19 on Friday, down from the 17,540 it reported the day before, government data showed. A further 87 people died after tes...
Oct 09, 2020
McConnell says pre-election COVID-19 deal unlikely
By David Morgan and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that the White House and Congress were unlikely to reach a deal on a COVID-19 economi...
Oct 09, 2020
Taiwan president to pledge strong defences as China tensions rise
By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will pledge to strengthen the island's defences and work more with regional partners on security in a major speech on Sa...
Oct 09, 2020
Europe records 100,000 daily coronavirus cases for first time
By Sangameswaran S and Shaina Ahluwalia (Reuters) - Europe surpassed 100,000 daily reported COVID-19 cases for the first time on Thursday, after countries such as Russia and United Kingdom saw no resp...
Oct 09, 2020
Aeroflot to raise $1 billion in Russia’s first state-backed rescue of pandemic
By Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Aeroflot said on Friday the state would take up 50 billion roubles worth of its 80-billion rouble ($1 billion) new share offering, a vital cash injection for Russi...
Oct 09, 2020
Broadway theaters sound alarm as closure extended through May 2021
(Reuters) - Broadway theaters on Friday extended a coronavirus shutdown until the end of May 2021, bringing the closure of one of New York City's biggest tourist attractions to more than a year and fo...
Oct 09, 2020
