Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox: Indo-China trade relations in focus as border face-off intensifies
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India banned 118 more mostly Chinese apps on Wednesday, a move that could intensify simmering tensions between the two countries following a recent deadly skirmish at a disputed ...
Sep 03, 2020
EU hopeful first vaccine doses will come by end of year
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union hopes it will get 30 million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year, the first batch in a deal struck with British drugmaker AstraZeneca, ...
Sep 03, 2020
Atlantia presses on with creation of vehicle to house motorway unit
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's Atlantia said on Thursday its board agreed to create a separate company to house all or part of the 88% stake it holds in motorway operator Autostrade per l'Italia as a prelu...
Sep 03, 2020
U.S. service sector activity slows in August – ISM survey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. services industry growth slowed in August, likely as the boost from the reopening of businesses and fiscal stimulus faded. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said on...
Sep 03, 2020
AstraZeneca signs deal with Albany Molecular to produce COVID-19 vaccine candidate
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc on Thursday signed a manufacturing deal with privately held Albany Molecular Research Inc to produce millions of doses of the British drugmaker's experimental coronavirus v...
Sep 03, 2020
Air Canada to conduct study on COVID-19 quarantine periods
(Reuters) - Air Canada said on Thursday it plans to conduct a study on international travelers arriving at the Toronto Pearson International Airport, to test the effectiveness of various COVID-19 quar...
Sep 03, 2020
Landslide, flash floods kill 12 in Nepal, dozens missing
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Flash floods and a landslide triggered by heavy rains killed 12 people in Nepal and at least 36 people were missing in the Himalayan nation's biggest monsoon-rela...
Sep 03, 2020
Nepal police fire tear gas to stop religious rally amid COVID-19 surge
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Police in Nepal used tear gas and water cannon on Thursday to break up a religious rally that defied a government ban on public gatherings imposed to fight the co...
Sep 03, 2020
Russia says allegation of influence campaign is ‘speculation’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed as "speculation" allegations by Facebook that Moscow had used it to pursue a covert political influence operation in the United State...
Sep 03, 2020
Pfizer targets end of October for COVID-19 vaccine update
ZURICH (Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Pfizer said it should know by the end of October whether a COVID-19 vaccine it is developing is successful, and will submit it for approval immediately if that is the...
Sep 03, 2020
