Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. House panel subpoenas acting Homeland Security chief Wolf for next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional committee on Friday issued a subpoena compelling Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf to testify on Sept. 17, after Wolf canceled a planned appearance, s...
Sep 11, 2020
DCGI orders suspension of Serum’s India trials of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine: ANI
(Reuters) - India's drug regulator has asked Serum Institute of India to suspend recruitment in its clinical trials of AstraZeneca Plc's potential COVID-19 vaccine in the country until further orders,...
Sep 11, 2020
Merck starts recruitment for COVID-19 vaccine human trial
(Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co Inc has begun recruiting participants to its early-stage COVID-19 vaccine study, according to the government database clinicaltrials.gov. The study is based in Be...
Sep 11, 2020
Brazil coronavirus deaths rise above 130,000
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 874 novel coronavirus deaths over the last 24 hours and 43,718 additional cases, the nation's health ministry said on Friday. The country has now registere...
Sep 11, 2020
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi says she’s ‘optimistic’ about passing coronavirus relief bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday said she was "optimistic" about Congress passing coronavirus relief legislation before the Nov. 3 presidential election. "I'm optimisti...
Sep 11, 2020
SEC charges rapper Clifford Harris Jr., others, over cryptocurrency offering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday it has charged five Atlanta-based people, including rapper and actor Clifford Harris, Jr., known as T.I. or Tip, and f...
Sep 11, 2020
Cricket: ECB defends equality record after Holding criticism
LONDON (Reuters) - The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has defended its stance on diversity and equality after West Indies great Michael Holding criticised England and Australia for not taking a...
Sep 11, 2020
Xerox CFO William Osbourn resigns, Xavier Heiss named interim replacement
(Reuters) - U.S. printer maker Xerox Holdings Corp said on Friday Chief Financial Officer William Osbourn will step down effective Sept. 30. Xavier Heiss, who has been at the company for over 30 years...
Sep 11, 2020
Chile extends state of catastrophe due to pandemic by 90 days
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile has extended the country's state of catastrophe due to the coronavirus pandemic for a further 90-day period, the government said in a statement on Friday, which would take i...
Sep 11, 2020
Belarus opposition leader celebrates birthday in Lithuania amid protests
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya celebrated her 38th birthday on Friday in exile in Vilnius, Lithuania, as Belarus geared up for a fifth weekend of mass protests ...
Sep 11, 2020
