Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Five severe-COVID risk genes found, suggesting drug targets
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Five key genes are linked with the most severe form of COVID-19, scientists said on Friday, in research that also pointed to several existing drugs that could be rep...
Dec 11, 2020
U.S. Senate advances massive defense bill, despite Trump veto threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate threw its weight behind the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a $740 billion bill setting policy for the Department of Defense, voting by a larg...
Dec 11, 2020
Bank of America to join the Netherlands as a primary dealer in 2021: DSTA
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of America will join the Netherlands as a primary dealer in 2021, the Dutch State Treasury Agency said on Friday in its outlook for next year. ING announced last month that it ...
Dec 11, 2020
Golf-Presidents Cup to be played at Medinah Country Club in 2026
(Reuters) - The 16th edition of the biennial Presidents Cup will be played at the Medinah Country Club, outside of Chicago, in 2026, the PGA Tour said on Friday. The Course #3 at the club famously hos...
Dec 11, 2020
Mexico proposes extending travel curbs with U.S. another month
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has proposed to the United States that restrictions on non-essential travel at their shared border be extended for another month as authorities continue to grapple with ...
Dec 11, 2020
Erdogan says Caucasus platform can turn new page in Turkey-Armenia ties -NTV
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that a regional cooperation platform in the Caucasus he had discussed with his Azeri counterpart in Baku could help turn a new page i...
Dec 11, 2020
Lithuania swears in most gender-balanced cabinet in eastern EU
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's new centre-right government assumed office on Friday, led by Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte who has appointed the most gender-balanced cabinet in the ...
Dec 11, 2020
Trump administration ready to ‘enhance’ Pfizer, Moderna vaccine production -Azar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is ready to leverage federal authority to help Pfizer Inc and Moderna boost their COVID-19 manufacturing capabilities, U.S. Health and Human Services Se...
Dec 11, 2020
Canada forecasts show coronavirus spreading rapidly, more action needed – health officials
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Longer-range forecasts show a second wave of the coronavirus is still spreading rapidly through Canada and all the major provinces need to do more, federal health authorities said on...
Dec 11, 2020
Exclusive: Ecuador weighs suit against Vitol in wake of graft revelations, sources say
By Alexandra Valencia and Gram Slattery QUITO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Ecuadorian state-run oil company Petroecuador is weighing a lawsuit against Vitol after the world's largest oil trader admitted...
Dec 11, 2020
