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Uzbekistan to start lifting lockdown from Saturday
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan will lift its second lockdown starting from Saturday, the government said on Wednesday, promising to restore most services in the central Asian country within days in o...
Aug 12, 2020
German institute says COVID-19 vaccine could be available in autumn
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's leading infectious disease institute said on Wednesday a first vaccine against the coronavirus could be available as early as autumn but warned that it may take longer ...
Aug 12, 2020
Goldman Sachs, Barclays among bidders for GM’s credit card business: WSJ
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc is looking to buy General Motors Co's credit card unit, which has about $3 billion in outstanding balances, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing pe...
Aug 12, 2020
Syria’s Assad stops speech due to low blood pressure before resuming – state TV
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad suffered low blood pressure for a few minutes while delivering a speech to parliament before resuming normally, state television said on Wednesday. I...
Aug 12, 2020
Vaping linked to risk of COVID-19 in teens, young adults
(Reuters) - Vaping may be associated with a five to seven times increased risk of COVID-19 among U.S. teenagers and young adults, a study published on Tuesday suggests. Researchers at the Stanford Uni...
Aug 12, 2020
Fed’s Rosengren says slowdown in economic activity likely to continue
(Reuters) - The slowdown in economic activity is likely to continue as states put more restrictions in place to control the virus, and the momentum to return to full employment could fade as consumers...
Aug 12, 2020
Exclusive: Venezuela wins grace period on China oil-for-loan deals, sources say
By Mayela Armas and Corina Pons CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's government has negotiated an agreement with Chinese banks for a grace period until the end of the year on some $19 billion in loans that...
Aug 12, 2020
‘The final blow’ – Beirut blast batters struggling hospitals
By Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - The St. George Hospital where Soha Khalaf works as a nurse lies less than a mile from Beirut port. She had no time to recover from the enormous explosion that blast...
Aug 12, 2020
From one hotspot to another: Twin ER doctors on COVID-19 front lines in New York, Miami
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - At the height of the coronavirus pandemic in New York City in April, physician Michael D'Urso was scrambling to care for the seemingly ever-increasing number of p...
Aug 12, 2020
‘One of our own.’ Indians cheer Biden’s pick of Kamala Harris as White House running mate
By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI (Reuters) - On annual trips to India as a child, Kamala Harris would go for strolls on the humid beaches of Chennai with her maternal grandfather and his friends, listeni...
Aug 12, 2020
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