Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. weekly jobless claims unexpectedly increase
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week, which could heighten fears the COVID-19 pandemic was inflicting lasting damage to the...
Oct 15, 2020
Austria orders first local quarantine of its second COVID-19 wave
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria on Thursday ordered the first local quarantine of its second wave of coronavirus infections, in a town near Salzburg, as cases nationally hit a new high. Austria's governmen...
Oct 15, 2020
Nokia’s COVID detection system automatically scans for temperature, mask
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Nokia has created an automated system that uses a thermal camera and real-time video analytics to determine if a person has COVID-19 symptoms and is wearing a mask, part of effor...
Oct 15, 2020
Sanofi reports positive animal test results for potential COVID-19 vaccine
By Matthias Blamont PARIS (Reuters) - Clinical trials of an experimental vaccine against COVID-19 which is being developed by France's Sanofi and U.S. biotech firm Translate Bio are on track to begin ...
Oct 15, 2020
Iran says hackers attacked two of its key institutions
DUBAI (Reuters) - Hackers launched large-scale attacks on two Iranian government institutions this week, a senior official said on Thursday, without giving details on the targets or the suspected perp...
Oct 15, 2020
Cycling: Froome confirmed in Ineos-Grenadiers’s Vuelta roster, Roglic on for Jumbo-Visma
PARIS (Reuters) - The Vuelta a Espana looks set to turn into a Jumbo-Visma v Ineos-Grenadiers battle as Chris Froome was confirmed in the squad for his last race with the British outfit on Thursday. T...
Oct 15, 2020
WHO vaccine drive bedevilled by familiar question: who pays if things go wrong?
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Who foots the bill if people in poor countries fall sick with unexpected side-effects from coronavirus vaccines? It's not clear and that's a big problem in ...
Oct 15, 2020
Trump tweet gave Taliban upper hand in negotiations: Afghan peace official tells Financial Times
KABUL (Reuters) - A tweet by President Donald Trump calling for U.S. troops to be home by Christmas has given the insurgent Taliban the upper hand in negotiations, the top Afghanistan peace official t...
Oct 15, 2020
Signs of progress as EU leaders meet to haggle over climate target
By Kate Abnett and Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Signs of progress towards agreeing a new European Union climate target emerged ahead of a summit on Thursday, as leaders drafted a plan to b...
Oct 15, 2020
Germany has supply deals with Abbot, Roche and Healthineers for antigen tests
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's health ministry has signed contracts with Abbot Laboratories, Roche and Siemens Healthineers to supply fast tests to detect coronavirus. A spokesman for the health ministr...
Oct 15, 2020
