Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia’s Sputnik V developers call on AstraZeneca to try combining vaccines
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Developers of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine said on Thursday that AstraZeneca should try combining its experimental shot with the Russian one to boost efficacy. Russia said its Spu...
Nov 26, 2020
Hong Kong activist tells German paper he’s doing well in prison isolation
BERLIN (Reuters) - Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong told a German newspaper he was doing well despite being held in solitary confinement and having trouble sleeping because of bright light...
Nov 26, 2020
WHO’s Ryan sees progressive control of COVID-19 in 2021, cautions on Christmas
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's top emergency expert said on Thursday the introduction of a COVID-19 vaccine should allow the world to gain progressive control over the disease next...
Nov 26, 2020
Euro zone to move on bailout fund reform amid COVID worries
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers are likely to push ahead next Monday with stalled changes to their ESM bailout fund to strengthen the resilience of the common curr...
Nov 26, 2020
Exclusive: Iraq trains U.S.-sanctioned militia leader for army position – sources
By John Davison and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi military is training a former member of an Iran-backed militia, who is under U.S. sanctions for killing protesters, to become a high-ran...
Nov 26, 2020
Maradona mourning shows again Latin America’s devotion to sport and arts
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The crowds that bade farewell to Diego Maradona in Buenos Aires on Thursday were in keeping with the devotion Latin America has reserved for the passing of its sporting and ar...
Nov 26, 2020
F1 driver salary cap should not handicap sport’s top talent, says Hamilton
By Abhishek Takle MANAMA (Reuters) - Any proposed cap on the salaries of Formula One drivers should be careful not to hold back the sport's top talent, newly crowned seven-times champion Lewis Hamilto...
Nov 26, 2020
New coronavirus infections, hospitalisations decline again in France
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported 13,563 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, compared with 16,282 on Wednesday and 21,150 a week ago, suggesting the spread of the virus continued to slow in the fo...
Nov 26, 2020
Amazon to give $500 million in holiday bonuses to front-line U.S. workers
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it would spend more than $500 million on one-time bonuses for its front-line employees in the United States who are working the holiday season amid the COVI...
Nov 26, 2020
Nigerian court hears blasphemy conviction appeals in northern city Kano
By Hamza Ibrahim KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Two judges in northern Nigeria on Thursday heard the first appeals against Islamic law blasphemy convictions that caused global outrage when a man was senten...
Nov 26, 2020
