Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Possible virus vulnerability discovered; about 20% of people with COVID-19 remain asymptomatic
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Sep 23, 2020
Democratic challenger leads in Arizona Senate race: Reuters/Ipsos
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly leads Arizona's Republican incumbent Martha McSally among likely voters, according to Reuters/Ipsos opinion polls released ...
Sep 23, 2020
Woman jailed under El Salvador’s harsh abortion law walks free from prison
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A Salvadoran woman whom activists say was falsely accused of homicide after suffering a stillbirth has been freed from prison in a case that has sparked ren...
Sep 23, 2020
Chile’s capital becomes hot spot for cougar sightings
By Reuters TV SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A cougar cub was captured in a posh Santiago neighborhood near the foothills of the Andes mountains, National Zoo officials said, the latest in a rash of recent wild...
Sep 23, 2020
Facebook to reject political ads prematurely claiming election victory
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will not accept political ads that seek to claim victory before the results of the 2020 U.S. election are declared, a company spokesman tweeted on Wednesday. The...
Sep 23, 2020
UK mulling possible ‘human challenge’ trials of COVID-19 vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said it was working with partners on the potential for "human challenge" clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine, where volunteers are deliberately infected with the virus to...
Sep 23, 2020
TikTok asks judge to block U.S. from barring app for download
(Reuters) - TikTok asked a U.S. judge on Wednesday to block a Trump administration order that would require Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to remove the short video-sharing app for new downloads ...
Sep 23, 2020
Germany warns against travel to three further French regions, Lisbon
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany added the French regions of Centre-Val de Loire, Brittany and Normandy as well as the metropolitan region centred on the Portuguese capital Lisbon to the list of destination...
Sep 23, 2020
France again reports more than 13,000 new daily COVID-19 cases
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 13,072 new confirmed COVID-19 cases over 24 hours on Wednesday, the daily tally standing above the 13,000 threshold for the third time in six days....
Sep 23, 2020
Belgian king names two to form government – 16 months after election
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Sixteen months after elections, Belgium may finally have a new government as King Philippe on Wednesday tasked the caretaker finance minister and the leader of the...
Sep 23, 2020
