Author Archives: Syndicated Content
White House to announce $11.6 billion aid for Puerto Rico: Fox News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House plans to announce an $11.6 billion aid package for Puerto Rico as the island continues to deal with the aftermath of the devastation brought by 2017's Hurricane ...
Sep 18, 2020
GSK’s Zejula gets EU nod for broader use in ovarian cancer
(Reuters) - Europe's health regulator has recommended the approval of GSK's cancer treatment Zejula as a first option to keep advanced ovarian cancer at bay in women who have responded to chemotherapy...
Sep 18, 2020
CNBG chairman says 350,000 have used its experimental coronavirus vaccines
BEIJING (Reuters) - Around 350,000 people have taken experimental coronavirus vaccines developed by China National Biotec Group (CNBG), its chairman said on Friday, as part of the country's emergency ...
Sep 18, 2020
Canada July retail sales up 0.6%, are now above pre-pandemic levels
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian retail sales in July rose by 0.6% and are now higher than they were before the coronavirus pandemic struck, Statistics Canada said on Friday, adding that August sales proba...
Sep 18, 2020
Exclusive: Fearing supply shortfall, EU wants to buy more COVID vaccines – EU sources
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union wants to raise more money to shore up its supplies of potential COVID-19 vaccines after estimating that the number of shots available nex...
Sep 18, 2020
Bostic: Inflation up to 2.3% ‘would be fine’ as long as it is stable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said Friday he would be paying closer attention to how fast inflation rises rather than its quarter to quarter level in implemen...
Sep 18, 2020
Queen Elizabeth formally strips Harvey Weinstein of his British honour
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth has formally stripped Harvey Weinstein of his honorary award following his conviction for sexually assaulting a former production assistant and raping an a...
Sep 18, 2020
Fed’s Kashkari wanted stronger commitment to delay rate hikes
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should have adopted more forceful forward guidance to return the U.S. economy to full strength, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said on Friday, with a vow to de...
Sep 18, 2020
Lebanese firm under U.S. sanctions accuses Washington of choking economy
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanon-based consulting company hit by U.S. sanctions said on Friday it was surprised by the move and accused Washington of seeking to choke the battered Lebanese economy. The Un...
Sep 18, 2020
Dozens of Hong Kong people write postcards to fugitives arrested by China
By Carol Mang and Yanni Chow HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dozens of people in Hong Kong braved heavy rain on Friday evening to write postcards to 12 fugitives arrested by China at sea last month to offer com...
Sep 18, 2020
