Author Archives: Syndicated Content
WADA apologises and agrees to pay damages to Sakho for drugs ban: report
(Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) had apologised and agreed to pay damages to France international footballer Mamadou Sakho for a drugs ban in 2016, sports website the Athletic reported ...
Nov 04, 2020
UK daily COVID-19 death toll rises by 492, most since mid-May
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain recorded 492 new COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, the biggest toll since May 13 and up from 397 on Tuesday, government data showed. The cumulative toll for those who died withi...
Nov 04, 2020
Italy reports 30,550 new coronavirus cases, 352 deaths: health ministry
ROME (Reuters) - Italy has registered 30,550 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday, up from 28,244 on Tuesday. The ministry also reported 352 COVID-r...
Nov 04, 2020
Judge reviews ballot counting in suburban Philadelphia county
(Reuters) - A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Wednesday weighed arguments by Republicans seeking to stop a suburban Philadelphia county from counting mail-in and absentee ballots that voters had been...
Nov 04, 2020
Kudlow says unclear if COVID-19 aid would be part of government funding bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Wednesday said the Trump administration planned to push ahead with its agenda this year even as the election results remained unknow...
Nov 04, 2020
EU drug watchdog won’t set minimum efficacy levels for potential COVID-19 vaccines
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's drug regulator will not set a minimum level of efficacy for potential COVID-19 vaccines when considering them for approval, it said on Wednesday, t...
Nov 04, 2020
T-Mobile to pay $200 million fine to resolve FCC subsidy investigation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - T-Mobile will pay a $200 million penalty to resolve a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigation into its subsidiary Sprint for failing to comply with rules on a low-...
Nov 04, 2020
Police brutality activist says she was barred from leaving Nigeria
By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian immigration officials blocked a prominent anti-police brutality activist from leaving the country and confiscated her passport, she told Reuters on Wednesday...
Nov 04, 2020
U.S. FDA staff says effectiveness data to support approval of Biogen Alzheimer’s drug
(Reuters) - Biogen Inc's experimental Alzheimer's disease drug was found effective enough in a large trial to support approval, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel said on Wednesday, boosting th...
Nov 04, 2020
ECB shouldn’t take market calm for granted as economy turns for worse: Schnabel
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should not take the calm in the bond market for granted as the virus-stricken euro zone economy takes a turn for the worse and needs fresh monetary stim...
Nov 04, 2020
