Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. to block some imports from China’s Xinjiang, still studying broad cotton, tomato bans: DHS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration moved on Monday to block U.S. imports of cotton, apparel and other products from five specific entities in western China's Xinjiang region, but shelved ...
Sep 14, 2020
Citi accelerates risk and control investment: CFO
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc Chief Financial Officer Mark Mason said on Monday that the bank is accelerating investments in its risk and control functions following a high profile $900 million operationa...
Sep 14, 2020
COVID-19 cases rise in Canada, schools to put pressure on testing system
By Allison Martell and Moira Warburton TORONTO/VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada's three biggest provinces are seeing a pick-up in new COVID-19 cases, as officials do little to slow the virus beyond urging...
Sep 14, 2020
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trials resume in Brazil
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Clinical trials for the coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca PLC and Oxford University resumed in Brazil on Monday after the country's health regul...
Sep 14, 2020
Pakistani Prime Minister suggests chemical castration for rapists
By Umar Farooq Islamabad (Reuters) - Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday he would like convicted rapists to be publicly executed or chemically castrated, reacting to a question on the ...
Sep 14, 2020
Motor racing: FIA looking into Hamilton anti-racism shirt gesture
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One's governing body is considering whether Lewis Hamilton broke any rules in wearing a T-shirt with "Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor" on it before...
Sep 14, 2020
Fifteen scientists launch critique of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine data
By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) - A group of scientists sent a formal letter to the Lancet on Monday outlining doubts about the accuracy of early data on Russia's COVID-19 vaccine, one of the authors...
Sep 14, 2020
Britain names first head of new accounting body
LONDON (Reuters) - Former top PwC official Pauline Wallace has been appointed as the first chair of Britain's new Accounting Standards Endorsement Board (UKEB). International accounting rules applied ...
Sep 14, 2020
Philippines to prioritise coronavirus vaccine supply from Russia or China
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed on Monday to prioritise buying COVID-19 vaccine to be made available by Russia or China, while taking a swipe at pharmaceutical firms of w...
Sep 14, 2020
Pink coffins mark growing death toll of Congo gold mine collapse
By Crispin Kyala KAMITUGA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Pink painted coffins lined a hillside in eastern Congo on Monday as rescuers filled them with the bodies of victims of a gold mine c...
Sep 14, 2020
