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India’s Hetero wins approval to launch COVID-19 drug favipiravir
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's Hetero Labs Ltd said on Wednesday it received local regulatory approval to launch its version of anti-viral drug favipiravir for the treatment of COVID-19. The drug, pric...
Jul 29, 2020
Streamlined Tokyo Games may set future standard, says Coates
By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Olympic movement faces its biggest challenge for four decades in getting a streamlined Tokyo Summer Games up and running next year but influential official Joh...
Jul 29, 2020
U.S. cybersecurity firm says Beijing-linked hackers target Vatican ahead of talks
By Cate Cadell BEIJING (Reuters) - Hackers linked to the Chinese government have infiltrated Vatican computer networks, including the Roman Catholic Church's Hong Kong-based representative, a U.S. fir...
Jul 29, 2020
MENA fund managers to increase Saudi investments with eye to recovery: Reuters poll
DUBAI (Reuters) - Middle Eastern fund managers plan to increase investments in Saudi Arabia in the current quarter, according to a Reuters poll, betting on the kingdom's ability to bounce back from th...
Jul 29, 2020
U.S. Forces in Japan to announce coronavirus case numbers to reassure public
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Forces stationed in Japan will begin announcing coronavirus cases and provide lists of infections at bases in a move aimed at reassuring Japanese amid growing concern over outbr...
Jul 29, 2020
Kazakhstan extends coronavirus lockdown until mid-August
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Kazakhstan has extended its lockdown over the novel coronavirus for two more weeks until mid-August and the restrictions will then be eased gradually, President Kassym-J...
Jul 29, 2020
BOJ Amamiya says Japan’s economy recovering from pandemic damage
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masayoshi Amamiya said on Wednesday the economy was shifting towards a recovery from the devastating damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks in p...
Jul 29, 2020
China’s Hengli makes bold $20 billion bet to spin coal into fabric
By Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE (Reuters) - What to do with China's abundant stock of coal? Chemical giant Hengli plans to make clothes out of it. It may sound like something from ancient alchemy, but the pri...
Jul 29, 2020
Zimbabwe minister Shiri, who helped plot Mugabe ouster, dies at 65
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's agriculture minister Perrance Shiri, a retired general who helped plot the ouster of Robert Mugabe in a 2017 coup, has died, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Wednesda...
Jul 29, 2020
Fintechs face pressure to grow up as coronavirus casts a chill
By Iain Withers, Anna Irrera and Tom Wilson LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aritra Chakravarty, founder of London-based online accounts and investments provider Dozens, admits it's a tough time to be seek...
Jul 29, 2020
