Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Latin America’s children face major education setbacks from COVID-19: UNICEF
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Latin American children have lost four times more days of education from the coronavirus pandemic than students in the rest of the world, a UNICEF report on Monday showed, w...
Nov 09, 2020
Behind Pfizer’s vaccine, an understated husband-and-wife ‘dream team’
By Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Positive data on BioNTech and U.S. partner Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine is an unlikely success for the married couple behind the German biote...
Nov 09, 2020
Israel tests passengers from Denmark for new mutated coronavirus
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Monday it would test people arriving from Denmark for a new mutated strain of coronavirus stemming from Danish mink farms, and ask them to self-isolate. The health...
Nov 09, 2020
Biogen plunges 30% after FDA panel votes against Alzheimer’s drug
(Reuters) - Biogen Inc's shares slumped about 30% on Monday as the drugmaker's chances of getting a regulatory approval for its experiment Alzheimer's treatment suffered a blow after a panel of expert...
Nov 09, 2020
UK’s Sunak to set out stall for City of London after Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) - The City of London will remain a competitive global financial centre after Britain's full exit from the European Union because of the country's commitment to open markets and robust...
Nov 09, 2020
Japanese government coronavirus experts to ask for new measures to tackle increasing cases
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese government panel of coronavirus experts will seek new measures to tackle the coronavirus in Japan as infections in the country rise, Kyodo News reported. While Japan's inf...
Nov 09, 2020
Trump cheers Pfizer Inc’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine results
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday welcomed Pfizer Ic's experimental COVID-19 vaccine results, and the stock market boost it brought. "STOCK MARKET UP BIG, VACCINE COMING SOON. RE...
Nov 09, 2020
Duterte’s pick for top cop causes stir over drugs deaths, lockdown party
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine activists voiced concern on Monday about President Rodrigo Duterte's choice of a new police chief, warning of unchecked human rights abuses ahead and a crackdown on disse...
Nov 09, 2020
Islamist meeting underscores Austrian intelligence failure over attack
VIENNA (Reuters) - The scale of Austria's intelligence failure before last week's deadly jihadist attack in Vienna became clearer on Monday as the Interior Ministry confirmed the attacker had taken pa...
Nov 09, 2020
European banks, airlines surge after Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine news
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in European banks and in the travel and leisure industries surged about 10% on Monday after Pfizer announced that its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90% effectiv...
Nov 09, 2020
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