Author Archives: Syndicated Content
‘Hot news from the Super League!’: How Vietnam skirts Party speculation ban on social media
By James Pearson HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese are trading fake weather reports and football scores on social media as a creative means to discuss Communist Party leadership wrangling after an official...
Jan 12, 2021
GSK, Vir to test antibody for COVID-19 treatment
(Reuters) - Britain's GSK and U.S.-based Vir Biotechnology will evaluate one of their monoclonal antibodies in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 in an early- to mid-stage trial, the companies sa...
Jan 12, 2021
European stocks rebound as oil, travel stocks jump
(Reuters) - European stocks steadied on Tuesday after declining in the last session, as investors looked to the upcoming earnings season and focused on the prospect of larger U.S. stimulus under incom...
Jan 12, 2021
India’s top court stays implementation of new farm laws – Chief Justice
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily paused the implementation of new agricultural laws that have led to widespread protests from farmers. The court will form a committee...
Jan 12, 2021
Sweden vaccinated 80,000 against COVID-19 through Jan 10 – health agency
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden has vaccinated around 80,000 people against COVID-19 since it began with its programme last month, the Public Health Agency said on Tuesday. Sweden had received around 160...
Jan 12, 2021
Victoria government vows strictest health protocols for Australian Open
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Some 1,200 players and coaching staff are set to begin arriving in Melbourne this week for the Australian Open but the strict COVID-19 protocols imposed by Victoria's government ...
Jan 12, 2021
EU drugs watchdog receives Astra-Oxford vaccine approval application
(Reuters) - The European medicines regulator said on Tuesday it had received an application from AstraZeneca for the conditional approval of the drugmaker's COVID-19 vaccine being developed along with...
Jan 12, 2021
UK police to get tougher on COVID lockdown rulebreakers
LONDON (Reuters) - British police will get tougher on those who flout rules aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19 and stricter measures could be brought in, the country's top officer and the minist...
Jan 12, 2021
China says WHO team will fly from Singapore to Wuhan on Jan. 14
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday that the World Health Organization's team of international experts to investigate the origin of COVID-19 will fly from Singapore to the Chinese city of Wuhan ...
Jan 12, 2021
Disneyland to become mass vaccination site in Orange County, California
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's Disneyland, which has remained closed since March, will become the first large site to provide COVID-19 vaccinations in Orange County, California, government officials ann...
Jan 12, 2021
