Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Huawei lawyers to question Canada border official in fourth day of Meng U.S. extradition case
By Moira Warburton (Reuters) - In a case dating back two years, lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou on Thursday will resume questioning a Canada border officer who intercepted Meng...
Oct 29, 2020
Analysis: U.S. drugmakers, bracing for price cuts, shift election support toward Democrats
By Carl O'Donnell NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. pharmaceutical industry, long a supporter of Republicans, is giving almost half its political donations to Democratic candidates in this year's election...
Oct 29, 2020
More than a quarter of Britons worked from home last week: ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - Twenty-nine percent of adults in Britain worked from home last week, the highest proportion since July, as more regions ramped up health restrictions in response to a resurgence of ...
Oct 29, 2020
Poland’s total coronavirus cases top 300,000 after new daily record
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland reported another daily record of coronavirus infections and deaths on Thursday with new 20,156 cases and 301 deaths related to COVID-19. The health ministry said the total nu...
Oct 29, 2020
Australian court suspends road work after Aboriginal tree chopped down
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Australian court suspended on Thursday work to expand a highway after officials cut down an ancient tree that Aboriginal people said was a sacred "directions tree". Transport ...
Oct 29, 2020
Activists urge ‘Big Pharma’ to be transparent on COVID-19 vaccine costs
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Activists called on pharmaceutical companies on Thursday to be transparent about the costs and terms of providing COVID-19 vaccines, saying they must be availab...
Oct 29, 2020
China’s Kangtai starts mid-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products has begun a mid-stage human trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine, clinical trial registry data shows. Kangtai's candidate is a...
Oct 29, 2020
Singapore firm invents coronavirus breathalyser with results in seconds
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A company in Singapore has developed a breathalyser test for the new coronavirus which it says will enable people to know whether they are infected in under a minute....
Oct 29, 2020
Elite sport to continue in France despite lockdown: minister
PARIS (Reuters) - Elite sport will continue in France despite a nationwide lockdown announced by President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, sports minister Roxana Maracineanu said. "The coming weeks will...
Oct 29, 2020
Exclusive: AirAsia X to revise $15.3 billion debt reform plan to expedite talks with creditors – sources
By Liz Lee KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's AirAsia X Bhd plans to drop a local airport operator from its $15.3 billion debt restructuring plan to expedite discussions with creditors as its cash is...
Oct 29, 2020
