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Italy’s COVID-19 death toll passes 50,000, with 630 new fatalities
By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 630 COVID 19-related deaths on Monday, rising from 562 the day before and taking the official toll since its outbreak began in February to 50,453, accord...
Nov 23, 2020
Blackrock ups U.S. equities to overweight, cuts Europe
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's top asset manager BlackRock has upgraded U.S. equities to "overweight", turning bullish on quality large cap technology companies as well as small cap firms that tend to...
Nov 23, 2020
FIFA ban African football head for five years after ethics investigation
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - The head of African football, Ahmad Ahmad, has been banned from football for five years by FIFA following an ethics investigation by world soccer's governing body. Ahma...
Nov 23, 2020
Airline body IATA develops mobile apps for COVID-era travel
PARIS (Reuters) - Global aviation body IATA is developing a set of mobile apps to help passengers to navigate COVID-19 travel restrictions and securely share test and vaccine certificates with airline...
Nov 23, 2020
Sao Paulo expects regulator approval for Sinovac vaccine by January
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Sao Paulo Health Secretary Jean Gorinchteyn said on Monday he expects Brazil's regulator to approve the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac by January. Gorinchteyn said...
Nov 23, 2020
Germany hopes for joint transatlantic approach on Iran under Biden – diplomat
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany sees a chance to return to a joint transatlantic approach in tackling Iran's nuclear programme once the new U.S. administration under President-elect Joe Biden takes office,...
Nov 23, 2020
WHO says $4.3 billion urgently needed for vaccine sharing scheme
GENEVA (Reuters) - There is a risk that the poor and vulnerable will be trampled on in the stampede for coronavirus vaccines, the head of the World Health Organization said on Monday, adding that $4.3...
Nov 23, 2020
Snapchat launches TikTok-like feature ‘Spotlight’
(Reuters) - Snap Inc on Monday rolled out a feature, "Spotlight", that would allow users to share short-form videos publicly in its Snapchat app, adding a service that would compete with ByteDance-own...
Nov 23, 2020
Qatar airport police officers charged over invasive searches of women
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's public prosecutor has filed criminal charges against an unspecified number of police officers working at Qatar's Hamad airport after women said they were invasively searched ...
Nov 23, 2020
Israel’s El Al Airlines to fly 14 weekly flights to Dubai
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - El Al Israel Airlines will operate 14 weekly flights from Tel Aviv to Dubai from Dec. 13, it said on Monday, joining a handful of carriers launching routes between Israel and the...
Nov 23, 2020
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