Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lack of contact-tracing capacity driving coronavirus into ‘darkness’: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - A lack of contact-tracing capacity in Europe, despite very high rates of positive tests, will drive the coronavirus further into the "darkness", the World Health Organization's top ...
Oct 26, 2020
Pelosi says White House rejecting Democrats COVID-19 testing plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday the White House has refused to sign on to Democratic lawmakers' plan for a coronavirus testing strategy, despite earlier public stateme...
Oct 26, 2020
WHO finalising advice on de-risking elections during pandemic
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is finalising advice on how to minimise the risk when elections are held during the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Ryan, the WHO's top emergency expert, to...
Oct 26, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 224,601 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported 8,617,022 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 63,195 from its previous count, and said that the number...
Oct 26, 2020
Europe needs ‘serious acceleration’ in fight against coronavirus – WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Europe needs some "serious acceleration" in the fight against the coronavirus but the World Health Organization is still optimistic European countries will not need to need to go in...
Oct 26, 2020
Exclusive: In fight with Amazon, India’s Future Retail sees liquidation if Reliance deal fails
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Future Retail Ltd (FRL) will go into liquidation if its deal to sell assets to Reliance Industries fails, the group told a Singapore arbitrator while argu...
Oct 26, 2020
Abortion rights protests block city streets across Poland
By Joanna Plucinska and Anna Koper WARSAW (Reuters) - Thousands of Poles blocked city streets in cars, on bicycles and on foot on Monday on the fifth day of protests against a Constitutional Court rul...
Oct 26, 2020
UBS promotes SPAC head to co-lead U.S. equity capital markets business: memo
By Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - UBS Group AG has elevated the head of its special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) practice, Jeff Mortara, to co-lead its equity capital markets (ECM) business for the...
Oct 26, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says cure, not vaccine, way out of coronavirus crisis
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday it would be easier and cheaper to invest in a cure for Covid-19 rather than a vaccine, in a clear sign the president is increasingly positio...
Oct 26, 2020
Slim pickings: Ant to pay bankers up to $198 million in fees for Hong Kong IPO
By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Ant Group will pay bankers selling its shares in Hong Kong up to $198 million in underwriting fees, its filings showed on Monday, in line with a trend of...
Oct 26, 2020
