Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. manufacturing production unexpectedly drops in September
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. factory production unexpectedly fell in September, suggesting that manufacturing's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic was slowing heading into the fourth quarter. Manufact...
Oct 16, 2020
Britain puts more areas into lockdown as cases rise
By Kate Holton and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - Britain put more of northwest England into the highest COVID alert level on Friday in the face of rising case numbers as Prime Minister Boris Johns...
Oct 16, 2020
Pakistan opposition starts countrywide protests to oust government
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Supporters of Pakistan opposition parties were converging on a stadium in the city of Gujwanwala on Friday to begin a countrywide protest campaign to o...
Oct 16, 2020
Belgium to tighten COVID-19 restrictions as cases soar
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium is expected to tighten restrictive measures at a government meeting on COVID-19 on Friday as infections soar and hospitals risk running out of beds. Heal...
Oct 16, 2020
COVID research into wormwood gives Bosnian herbalist a boost
By Daria Sito-Sucic and Lukas Kuite LJUBINJE, Bosnia/POTSDAM, Germany (Reuters) - After years of struggling for business in the sunny southeastern corner of Bosnia and Herzegovina, herbalist Petar Mih...
Oct 16, 2020
GSK-J&J’s long-acting HIV injection gets EU panel endorsement
(Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc said an injection of its cabotegravir drug given every two months, in combination with Johnson & Johnson's rilpivirine, was recommended for approval to treat HIV infect...
Oct 16, 2020
UK ‘R’ rate edges up to 1.3-1.5 but infection growth slows
LONDON (Reuters) - The UK's COVID-19 reproduction "R" number edged up to 1.3-1.5 from 1.2-1.5, government scientists said on Friday, meaning on average every 10 people infected will infect between 13 ...
Oct 16, 2020
Britain changes vaccine rollout measures for COVID and flu
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it had changed its rules around administering and distributing vaccines to make the speedy rollout of any COVID-19 vaccine easier and increase the number of p...
Oct 16, 2020
Jailed Philippine activist lays to rest her three-month-old baby
By Adrian Portugal and Eloisa Lopez MANILA (Reuters) - Jailed Philippine activist Reina Mae Nasino wanted to hold her three-month-old daughter for the last time before she was laid to rest on Friday b...
Oct 16, 2020
Migrant evacuation flights resume from Libya, U.N. agency says
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations evacuation flights for migrants stuck in Libya have resumed after being suspended because of the global pandemic, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday. More than 15...
Oct 16, 2020
