Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Possible but not certain COVID-19 vaccine rolled out this year: Oxford developer
LONDON (Reuters) - The University of Oxford's possible COVID-19 vaccine could be rolled out by the end of the year but there is no certainty that will happen, the lead developer of the vaccine said on...
Jul 21, 2020
UK’s Sunak says COVID-19 having big impact on public finances
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday that COVID-19 was having a major impact on the public finances, which would need to be fixed in future. "It's clear that coronav...
Jul 21, 2020
UK tax body expands probe into GVC’s former Turkish gambling unit
(Reuters) - Ladbrokes owner GVC Plc said on Tuesday that Britain's tax regulator had widened its investigation into the gambling company's former Turkish online business to include unidentified entiti...
Jul 21, 2020
Ukraine coronavirus cases exceed 60,000, 1,518 deaths reported
KYIV (Reuters) - The total number of coronavirus cases in Ukraine has reached 60,166 and 1,518 people died as of July 21, Ukrainian health minister Maksym Stepanov said on Tuesday. President Volodymyr...
Jul 21, 2020
TalkTalk upgrades guidance after better trading in June and July
LONDON (Reuters) - British broadband operator TalkTalk upgraded its guidance for full-year earnings on Tuesday after seeing trading recover in June and July from the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown. T...
Jul 21, 2020
New Zealand opposition lawmaker quits after allegedly sending sexually explicit image
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A lawmaker from New Zealand's main opposition party resigned on Tuesday after being accused of sending a sexually explicit image to a young woman. It was the la...
Jul 21, 2020
UK borrowing hits record 128 billion pounds in April-June 2020
By David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - British government borrowing surged to a record 127.9 billion pounds ($162 billion) in the first three months of the 2020/21 financial year, when CO...
Jul 21, 2020
Egypt’s economic growth seen slowing in 2020/21: Reuters poll
By Mahmoud Mourad CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's economic growth will slow to 3.1% in the fiscal year 2020/2021 that began this month due to the coronavirus pandemic, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, down...
Jul 21, 2020
Factbox: AstraZeneca’s potential coronavirus vaccine
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 vaccine was safe and produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials in healthy volunteers, data showed on Monday. Drugmakers are racing to c...
Jul 21, 2020
Trial of ex-Pemex boss threatens to lift lid on Mexico’s ‘cash box’
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The trial of a former boss of Petroleos Mexicanos threatens to expose years of alleged malpractice at the state oil company and provide a canvass for Mexico's le...
Jul 21, 2020
