Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ineos-Grenadiers’ Thomas out of Giro with fractured pelvis
(Reuters) - Ineos-Grenadiers team leader Geraint Thomas has pulled out of cycling's Giro d'Italia after suffering a fractured pelvis in a crash early on the third stage on Monday, his team said. The W...
Oct 06, 2020
Britain rations remdesivir as COVID-19 hospitalisations rise
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has rationed its supplies of the antiviral drug remdesivir and is prioritising COVID-19 patients who need it most in the face of rising demand, Britain's health ministry sai...
Oct 06, 2020
Kuwait’s cabinet hands in resignation, emir asks PM to prepare for election: KUNA
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's new emir has asked the Gulf state's cabinet to carry on its duties and prepare for parliamentary elections due this year after the prime minister handed in his government's...
Oct 06, 2020
Central bank calls for political consensus to tackle COVID-19 in hotspot Spain
By Jess Aguado and Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - Bank of Spain governor Pablo Hernandez de Cos on Tuesday called for broad political and social consensus to cope with the economic fallout from the CO...
Oct 06, 2020
Santander’s Botin cautions over second and even third COVID-19 waves
LONDON (Reuters) - Santander chairman Ana Botn said on Tuesday that there were tough times ahead as the world entered in the second wave of the novel coronavirus crisis - and that there could even be ...
Oct 06, 2020
Thais remember 1976 student massacre as protests grow
By Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thais paid their respects with flowers and prayers on Tuesday to the victims of a 1976 massacre of pro-democracy students by state forces, an event given new re...
Oct 06, 2020
Allianz CEO says there are a lot of zombie companies but households are resilient
LONDON (Reuters) - Allianz CEO Oliver Baete said on Tuesday that a lot of "zombie companies" were surviving due to government support but that many private households were more resilient than some tho...
Oct 06, 2020
Self-isolating Commission head snubs EU advice on COVID-19 quarantine length
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said she would leave quarantine on Tuesday after having been in contact with someone positive for...
Oct 06, 2020
EU launches rolling review of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - Europe's health regulator said on Tuesday it has started a rolling review of the experimental COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, days after it launched a similar revi...
Oct 06, 2020
Poland reports new record of daily coronavirus-related deaths
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland reported a record 58 daily coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, the Health Ministry said on Twitter, with data showing sharp increases in the number of ventilators and hosp...
Oct 06, 2020
