Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Less than 10,000 getting COVID-19 each day, UK health minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government estimates less than 10,000 people a day are contracting COVID-19, health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday, less than during the pandemic's peak, even as...
Sep 24, 2020
Thailand takes first legal action against Facebook, Twitter over content
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand began legal action on Thursday against Facebook and Twitter for ignoring requests to take down content, in its first su...
Sep 24, 2020
Vifor’s Ferinject misses target in heart failure trial
ZURICH (Reuters) - Vifor Pharma's iron-deficiency therapy Ferinject missed its main goal of reducing risk of total heart failure hospitalizations and cardiovascular death in a trial of 1,132 hospitali...
Sep 24, 2020
China’s CNBG to donate 200,000 coronavirus vaccine doses to medics in Wuhan
BEIJING (Reuters) - China National Biotec Group (CNBG) said on Thursday it will donate 200,000 doses of its candidate coronavirus vaccine to the central city of Wuhan, where the virus first emerged la...
Sep 24, 2020
Nobel winners to get $110,000 raise as prize money increased
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Winners of the prestigious Nobel prizes this year will receive an extra 1 million crowns ($110,000), the head of the foundation which oversees the awards said on Thursday. Prize ...
Sep 24, 2020
Iraq oil minister expects deal to up oil exports: report
CAIRO (Reuters) - Iraq's oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar expects an agreement with the OPEC+ group to increase Iraq's crude oil exports, state news agency INA cited him as saying on Thursday. The agen...
Sep 24, 2020
MLB roundup: Rays capture first division title since 2010
Randy Arozarena hit a tiebreaking two-run homer with one out in the sixth inning and added another homer in the ninth and the Tampa Bay Rays clinched the American League East Division title with an 8-...
Sep 24, 2020
Adyen co-founder Schuijff to step down from management board
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Online payments company Adyen said on Thursday that one of its two co-founders, Arnout Schuijff, would step down from the company's management board as of Jan. 1. Schuijff, who i...
Sep 24, 2020
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of coronavirus
(Reuters) - Canada entered a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and cases continued to rise across the hard-hit Latin American region, while a raft of lacklustre data from major global economies rev...
Sep 24, 2020
Czech Republic reports 2,309 new coronavirus cases in slight dip
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic recorded 2,309 new infections in its third highest daily rise since the coronavirus pandemic began, but the figure was down slightly from 2,392 the previous day, ...
Sep 24, 2020
