Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Remdesivir questioned by WHO trial; women take virus more seriously than men
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Oct 16, 2020
Former Pakistani prime minister accuses country’s army chief of toppling his government
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday accused the country's army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa of toppling his government, pressuring the judiciary, and installin...
Oct 16, 2020
COVID-19 cases surge in Wisconsin, Trump to campaign there
By Brendan O'Brien and Maria Caspani CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two weeks ago, Mark Schultz was getting ready to go to work at the tavern he owns in the Wisconsin city of Oshkosh when he started to feel swea...
Oct 16, 2020
U.S. Treasury urged PPP lenders to focus on existing customers: Congress report
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department encouraged banks to prioritize existing customers when dishing out Paycheck Protection Program pandemic loans, disadvantaging smal...
Oct 16, 2020
Dutch king cuts short vacation in Greece after criticism
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands' King Willem-Alexander and his wife cut short a vacation to Greece on Friday after coming under criticism for travelling during the coronavirus pandemic. "We see ...
Oct 16, 2020
Obama to campaign for Biden in Philadelphia on Oct. 21
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Barack Obama is scheduled to campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in Philadelphia next week ahead of the Nov. 3 election against President D...
Oct 16, 2020
Deposition of U.S. Homeland Security whistleblower unlikely before election, lawyer says
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A whistleblower and former official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, who alleges he was pressured to stop providing assessments of Russian electora...
Oct 16, 2020
Pompeo seeks reversal of ‘provocative’ North Cyprus move to reopen Varosha
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U..S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced deep concern about Northern Cyprus' reopening part of a beachfront resort abandoned since Turkey invaded the island in 1974, calling ...
Oct 16, 2020
French president Macron to visit area where teacher’s throat was slit
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit the Paris suburb where a teacher's throat was slit by a man shouting "Allahu Akbar", or "God is Greatest", BFM TV reported. BFM said Macro...
Oct 16, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 216,917 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 7,958,254 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 63,486 from its previous count, and said that the number...
Oct 16, 2020
