Author Archives: Syndicated Content
English COVID data patchy, researchers say, as new dashboard launched
LONDON (Reuters) - There are significant problems with the availability and quality of COVID-19 data in England, British researchers said on Wednesday as they launched a dashboard to help make sense o...
Oct 27, 2020
Trump website defaced, campaign working with law enforcement: statement
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The presidential campaign of Donald Trump says its official website was defaced earlier on Tuesday and that it is working with law enforcement to investigate t...
Oct 27, 2020
Euro edges lower on report of coronavirus lockdown for France
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The euro fell against the dollar on Wednesday after a media report that France's government is leaning toward reinstating a national lockdown to curb a resurgence in...
Oct 27, 2020
UK Vaccines Taskforce Chair says early COVID-19 vaccines may be imperfect: The Lancet
(Reuters) - UK Vaccines Taskforce Chair Kate Bingham said on Tuesday that the first generation of COVID-19 vaccines "is likely to be imperfect" and that they "might not work for everyone". "However, w...
Oct 27, 2020
Tanzania president Magufuli aims for second term as polls open
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tanzania's president John Magufuli hopes to win another five-year term when the East African nation holds presidential and parliamentary elections on Wednesday, amid criticism from...
Oct 27, 2020
U.S. outlook dims; economists say Democratic sweep best for revival: Reuters poll
By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU (Reuters) - The outlook for the U.S. economy has dimmed in the run-up to the presidential election, according to a Reuters poll which showed that a recent resurgence in nov...
Oct 27, 2020
Bank loans scrutinized for harm to wildlife as well as climate
By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - Campaigners called on Wednesday for global banks to stop financing industrial activities driving animal and plant species toward extinction, after a report ranked 5...
Oct 27, 2020
Grave-counting satellite images seek to track Yemen’s COVID death toll
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A first-of-its-kind study using satellite images to count fresh graves and analyse burial activity in Yemen has estimated the death toll there from COVID-19 or COVID...
Oct 27, 2020
Asian shares seen lower on coronavirus, election uncertainty
By Pete Schroeder (Reuters) - Asian markets looked set for another weaker open on Wednesday as worries about a surge in coronavirus cases and dwindling hopes for a U.S. stimulus package kept investors...
Oct 27, 2020
U.S.-sanctioned Iranian plane lands in Venezuela -lawmaker, data
CARACAS (Reuters) - An Iranian plane owned by a company sanctioned by the United States for allegedly shipping weapons to Syria landed in Venezuela on Tuesday, according to an opposition Venezuelan la...
Oct 27, 2020
