Author Archives: Syndicated Content
WHO: broad population COVID-19 testing not always useful
GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) - Testing for COVID-19 infections and a fast turnaround for results are critical for controlling the pandemic, but broad-based population tests are not always useful, officials...
Aug 27, 2020
Stricter virus measures loom as students return to Portugal’s schools
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Stricter measures to curb the coronavirus outbreak will be introduced across Portugal from mid-September as students return to schools and many workers go back to...
Aug 27, 2020
Pelosi says White House must offer more COVID-19 funding for any deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House must increase its $1 trillion offer for more federal coronavirus aid if it wants to ink a deal with Congress, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said ahead of plann...
Aug 27, 2020
Bangladesh approves late-stage trial of China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine candidate
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh has approved a late-stage trial of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd in the hope of being a priority recipient for the jab...
Aug 27, 2020
Walmart partners with Microsoft for TikTok bid: CNBC
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc is partnering with Microsoft Corp in the software maker's bid to buy Bytedance-owned TikTok, CNBC reported on Thursday. Walmart did not immediately respond to Reuters request f...
Aug 27, 2020
Becker applauds Osaka protest over racial injustice
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion Boris Becker said he fully respected the decision of Naomi Osaka to pull out of her semi-final at the Western & Southern Open in a protest...
Aug 27, 2020
UK reports highest daily COVID case total since June 12
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 1,522 new cases of COVID-19 in the latest daily government statistics published on Thursday, the highest number since June 12 and up from 1,048 cases a d...
Aug 27, 2020
U.S. COVID-19 deaths approach 180,000, cases continue to fall
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus were approaching 180,000 on Thursday after a surge of new cases in June and July, particularly in hotspots like California, Florida,...
Aug 27, 2020
Factbox: Sporting events affected by player protests after Jacob Blake shooting
(Reuters) - Following is a list of boycotts, withdrawals or postponements in sporting events in the U.S. following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. BASKETBALL Th...
Aug 27, 2020
Fossil embryo dubbed the ‘small giant’ packs surprises about a big dinosaur
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The skull of a dinosaur embryo from Argentina is providing surprising details about baby facial features present in one species from an important dinosaur group c...
Aug 27, 2020
