Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Self-isolating Commission head snubs EU advice on COVID-19 quarantine length
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said she would leave quarantine on Tuesday after having been in contact with someone positive for...
Oct 06, 2020
EU launches rolling review of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - Europe's health regulator said on Tuesday it has started a rolling review of the experimental COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, days after it launched a similar revi...
Oct 06, 2020
Poland reports new record of daily coronavirus-related deaths
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland reported a record 58 daily coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, the Health Ministry said on Twitter, with data showing sharp increases in the number of ventilators and hosp...
Oct 06, 2020
Exclusive: Taliban, Afghan negotiators set ground rules to safeguard peace talks
By Rupam Jain (Reuters) - Taliban and Afghan peace negotiators have agreed on a code of conduct to safeguard against the risk of any breakdown in talks that began last month in Qatar to bring an end t...
Oct 06, 2020
European Parliament set for tight vote on ‘historic’ climate law
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the European Parliament expect a tight vote on Tuesday on the European Union's new climate target for 2030, with support splintered over the bloc's gre...
Oct 06, 2020
New pandemic wave could delay euro zone rebound, Lagarde says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A second wave of the coronavirus pandemic risks delaying the euro zone's economic recovery, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday. "We now fear that t...
Oct 06, 2020
Absent with leave: calls grow for BTS members to postpone or skip military service
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - Calls are mounting within South Korea for members of megaband BTS to be granted alternatives or delays to mandatory military service, with some lawmakers and fans argu...
Oct 06, 2020
Italy may make masks outdoors mandatory in virus fight, health minister says
ROME (Reuters) - Italy is considering making the use of masks outdoors mandatory nationwide to fight the spread of the coronavirus, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Tuesday. "We are working on...
Oct 06, 2020
Indonesia reports 4,056 new COVID-19 cases, 121 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Tuesday reported 4,056 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections to 311,176, data from the country's COVID-19 task force showed. Meanwhile, the nu...
Oct 06, 2020
China in talks with WHO over assessing its COVID-19 vaccines for global use
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China is in talks to have its locally-produced COVID-19 vaccines assessed by the World Health Organization, as a step toward making them available for international use, a WHO of...
Oct 06, 2020
