Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lockdown lands domestic abuse on British financial sector radar
By Sinead Cruise and Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - Some of Britain's biggest financial and legal firms have stepped up support for staff and customers suffering domestic abuse after the coronaviru...
Aug 13, 2020
Seven African countries to start testing for COVID-19 antibodies
By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Seven African countries will start administering coronavirus antibody tests from next week, a regional body said on Thursday, as part of efforts to underst...
Aug 13, 2020
Myanmar bars major election monitoring group from observing polls
(Reuters) - A major election-monitoring group in Myanmar says it has been barred from observing polls set for November, raising questions about the credibility of a vote seen as a crucial test of demo...
Aug 13, 2020
Workplaces top source of virus clusters in France, says doctor
PARIS (Reuters) - Workplaces are the main clusters of coronavirus infection in France and companies should have staff work from home as much as possible after the August holidays, one of France's top ...
Aug 13, 2020
Trump: U.S. Post Office, election funds stalling coronavirus relief talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat demands that a coronavirus relief bill include federal aid for the currently overtaxed post office and funding for the upcoming U.S. election have become major sticking...
Aug 13, 2020
Indian drugmaker Biological E. to make substance used in J&J’s potential COVID-19 vaccine
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian drugmaker Biological E. Ltd will begin making a drug substance used in Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine candidate that is in early to mid-stage trials, the companies s...
Aug 13, 2020
MLS side Inter Miami sign Frenchman Matuidi on free transfer
(Reuters) - Inter Miami have signed French World Cup-winning midfielder Blaise Matuidi on a free transfer after he left Juventus, the Major League Soccer (MLS) club announced on Thursday. Matuidi's co...
Aug 13, 2020
Thermo Fisher ends deal agreement for genetic testing firm Qiagen
(Reuters) - Thermo Fisher Scientific said on Thursday it has terminated its acquisition agreement for German genetic testing company Qiagen as the minimum acceptance threshold to its tender offer were...
Aug 13, 2020
Gone fishing – English angling sees post-lockdown boom
LONDON (Reuters) - Fishing in England has seen a post COVID-19 lockdown boom as more people take advantage of the mental health and wellbeing benefits of casting a rod and being at one with nature, th...
Aug 13, 2020
Hardened Lebanese merchants battered by Beirut blast
By Michael Georgy BEIRUT (Reuters) - Sleep Comfort survived Lebanon's 15-year civil war. But nothing could have prepared the high-end family furniture business for the Beirut port blast that destroyed...
Aug 13, 2020
