Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Indian economy to escape recession early next year on vaccine hopes: Poll
By Shaloo Shrivastava and Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's economy is expected to recover early next year from recession, but at a modest pace, according to a majority of economists in a R...
Nov 25, 2020
U.S loans $1.1 billion to Ginkgo Bioworks for pandemic effort
By Rebecca Spalding (Reuters) - The U.S. government has agreed to loan privately-held biotechnology firm Ginkgo Bioworks $1.1 billion for COVID-19 testing and the production of raw materials for thera...
Nov 25, 2020
Olympics-IOC sanctions Romanian 2012 Games medallists over steroid use
BERLIN (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday stripped two Romanian weightlifting athletes of their medals from the 2012 Olympic Games and disqualified a third over the use of an...
Nov 25, 2020
Milan’s La Scala opts for TV gala as virus cancels season debut
By Sara Rossi MILAN (Reuters) - Milan's La Scala will broadcast a music and dance gala from its empty auditorium next month after it was forced to abandon its traditional December opening with an oper...
Nov 25, 2020
U.S. surpasses 2,000 COVID deaths in a day with hospitals already full
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Daily U.S. deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 2,000 for the first since May and with hospitals across the country already full, portending a surge in mortalities to come as th...
Nov 25, 2020
MH17 judges reject request for investigation into alternative crash scenarios
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Judges hearing the case against four defendants in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on Wednesday rejected a request by defence attorneys for more time to investi...
Nov 25, 2020
EU seeks to bypass patents in emergency measures to boost drugs access
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is planning tough measures to boost its access to drugs, from sidestepping patents rights in emergencies to taking production to Europe, ...
Nov 25, 2020
Special Report: To reopen or not to reopen – That is the fraught question for U.S. schools
By Kristina Cooke, Benjamin Lesser and M.B. Pell (Reuters) - After a two-week deluge of calls and messages from parents - and at least one death threat - the school board in Chandler, Arizona, called ...
Nov 25, 2020
California regulator flags concerns over PG&E’s wildfire safety measures
(Reuters) - The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has raised concerns over certain deficiencies that it says could affect PG&E Corp's ability to provide safe and reliable service, the powe...
Nov 25, 2020
Afghan migrant: I thought France was humane until police beat me
By Yiming Woo PARIS (Reuters) - Murtaza Khademi left his home in Afghanistan and smuggled himself into France because he thought he would be safe, but this week he encountered a different side of Euro...
Nov 25, 2020
