Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In hard-hit Spain, the poor suffer even more from the pandemic
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Mohamed Chirif, a 45-year-old Algerian living in Barcelona, is afraid he might lose his job as a plumber if the coronavirus test he took this week turns out to be po...
Sep 17, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 196,277 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 6,613,331 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 41,464 cases from its previous count, and said the num...
Sep 17, 2020
Silicon Valley startup Visby’s portable COVID-19 test gets FDA approval
By Jane Lanhee Lee and Nathan Frandino SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) - Silicon Valley medical equipment startup Visby Medical has received Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administra...
Sep 17, 2020
Exclusive: France won’t buy vaccines through WHO’s COVAX scheme – ministry source
By Matthias Blamont PARIS (Reuters) - France will provide funding for an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy potential COVID-19 vaccines, but will not source shots through the progr...
Sep 17, 2020
China suffered ‘far fewer’ casualties than India in June clash: Global Times editor
(Reuters) - China suffered "far fewer" than the 20 deaths incurred by India's military in a clash on their border in the Himalayas in June, the Global Times editor-in-chief said in a tweet, contradict...
Sep 17, 2020
Nikola board member who helped it go public said proper due diligence of startup was done
DETROIT (Reuters) - A board member for Nikola Corp who helped the company go public earlier this year said on Thursday his firm was comfortable with the due diligence performed on the startup that has...
Sep 17, 2020
Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Wilkins will not seek second term
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins will not seek a second term, the bank said on Thursday in a statement, after her current term expires next year. Wilkins had so...
Sep 17, 2020
Boeing 737 MAX crash victims urge more steps by FAA before flight approval
By Tracy Rucinski and Eric M. Johnson CHICAGO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's proposed changes to the Boeing Co 737 MAX fail to fix structural flaws on the jet that suff...
Sep 17, 2020
France sees new 24-hour record of more than 10,000 COVID-19 cases
PARIS (Reuters) - France registered 10,593 new confirmed coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, setting a new daily record and pushing the cumulative number to 415,481, the health ministry reported...
Sep 17, 2020
Saudi energy minister promises ‘ouching like hell’ for oil price gamblers
LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman warned traders against betting heavily in the oil market saying he will try to make the market jumpy and promised those who gamble ...
Sep 17, 2020
