Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French Open champ Swiatek adjusting to celebrity status
(Reuters) - French Open champion Iga Swiatek says she is trying to adjust to her new celebrity status after becoming the first Polish player to win a Grand Slam singles title. The 19-year-old beat Ame...
Oct 16, 2020
Reported Russian COVID vaccine disinformation ‘reprehensible’: UK’s Raab
LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Friday a reported Russian disinformation campaign to undermine COVID-19 vaccine trials was "reprehensible" at a time when countries sh...
Oct 16, 2020
PharmaMar plans phase III trial of cancer drug for COVID-19, shares jump
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish pharmaceutical company PharmaMar said on Friday a clinical trial of its cancer drug Aplidin to treat adult patients with COVID-19 was successful and it now aims to start pha...
Oct 16, 2020
Russia’s new coronavirus cases surge to record high of 15,150
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's daily tally of new coronavirus cases surged to a record high of 15,150 on Friday, including 5,049 in the capital Moscow, pushing the national total to 1,369,313 since the p...
Oct 16, 2020
White House election race reaches streets of Tel Aviv
By Rami Ayyub TEL AVIV (Reuters) - "You have to thank Trump" posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week, as Republican ads brought the race for the White House ont...
Oct 16, 2020
Britain taking local COVID-19 measures to avoid national lockdown: Raab
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is taking a targeted approach to tackle a surge in COVID-19 cases with local restrictions to avoid another national lockdown and the associated damage to the economy, Foreig...
Oct 16, 2020
Sinovac coronavirus vaccine offered by Chinese city for emergency use costs $60
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese city is offering Sinovac Biotech's experimental COVID-19 vaccine to essential workers and other high-risk groups as part of a national programme for about $60. The easter...
Oct 16, 2020
Instagram agrees curbs on paid influencers, says UK watchdog
LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook's Instagram has agreed measures to crack down on hidden advertising by paid so-called influencers on its photo and video platform, Britain's Competition and Markets Authori...
Oct 16, 2020
Japan PM Suga vows to do all it takes to organise Tokyo Olympics next year
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed on Friday to do "whatever it takes" to organise the Tokyo Olympics next year by working closely with the International Olympics Committee...
Oct 16, 2020
Thai PM vows to stay on as protesters defy his ban
By Chayut Setboonsarng and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Friday he was not quitting after tens of thousands of anti-government protesters defie...
Oct 16, 2020
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