Author Archives: Syndicated Content
SURE thing: EU jobs scheme funding a template for heftier recovery fund issuance
By Yoruk Bahceli and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) - Debt sales to fund Europe's pandemic-linked unemployment scheme kick off later this month, a test run for groundbreaking plans to transform the...
Oct 06, 2020
Lawmaker says missing North Korean diplomat has settled in South Korea
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - A former senior North Korean diplomat who disappeared from his country's embassy in Italy in 2018 has settled in South Korea, a lawmaker in Seoul said on Tuesday. Jo So...
Oct 06, 2020
Biogen, gene-editing startup Scribe to develop therapies for Lou Gehrig’s disease
(Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Biogen Inc and gene-editing startup Scribe Therapeutics Inc will jointly develop therapies for treating underlying genetic causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a f...
Oct 06, 2020
Airlines warn of more bankruptcies as wage support ends
By Laurence Frost PARIS (Reuters) - Global airlines warned on Tuesday that the coronavirus-stricken industry was on course to burn through another $77 billion in cash in the second half of 2020, calli...
Oct 06, 2020
Britain expects U.S. to follow with Belarus sanctions, says Raab
LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday he expected the United States to follow suit with sanctions on Belarus after Britain and Canada imposed travel bans and asset f...
Oct 06, 2020
Italian held at Rome airport with endangered peregrine falcons
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian citizen was stopped by police at Rome airport and reported to magistrates for trying to enter the country with two endangered southern Asian peregrine falcons worth hundred...
Oct 06, 2020
French prosecutors open French Open match-fixing investigation
PARIS (Reuters) - French prosecutors on Tuesday said they have opened an investigation into alleged match-fixing in a women's doubles match at the French Open. The prosecutors' office said the investi...
Oct 06, 2020
Tesla disbands U.S. media relations team – Electrek
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc has dissolved its media relations team in the United States, news website Electrek reported on Tuesday, in yet another unconventional move by the world's most valuable automaker....
Oct 06, 2020
2020 U.S. ELECTION: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - Personal protection against COVID-19 became a flashpoint on the campaign trail after President Donald Trump removed his mask on his return to the White House from hospital. Rival Joe Biden...
Oct 06, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine may be ready by year-end: WHO’s Tedros
GENEVA (Reuters) - A vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, without elaborating. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebre...
Oct 06, 2020
