Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In Spain’s market gardens, migrants left jobless under coronavirus lockdown
By Juan Medina NIJAR, Spain (Reuters) - In shanty towns outside the polythene-covered market gardens of Almeria in southern Spain, doctors' charity "Medicos del Mundo" provides health checks and food ...
Apr 30, 2020
UK privacy advocates warn over COVID-19 contact tracing app
LONDON (Reuters) - Leading privacy advocates in Britain have urged the government to prevent a soon-to-be launched COVID-19 contact tracing app from turning into a form of state surveillance. Countrie...
Apr 30, 2020
Fed to expand reach of ‘Main Street’ lending program
By Howard Schneider and Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday widened a key program to nurse the "Main Street" economy through the coronavirus pandemic, agreeing...
Apr 30, 2020
Pfizer aims for 10-20 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by end-2020 for emergency use
By John Miller and Stephanie Nebehay ZURICH/GENEVA (Reuters) - Pfizer aims to make 10-20 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine it is developing with Germany's BioNtech by the end of 2020 for emergenc...
Apr 30, 2020
Moscow doctor sees echoes of war in coronavirus battle
By Maxim Shemetov and Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - When patients who can hardly breathe fill the wards of Moscow Hospital Number 52, Mikhail Ketskalo recalls the suffering he witnessed as a mili...
Apr 30, 2020
U.S. FDA moving with ‘lightning speed’ on Gilead’s COVID-19 drug: Bloomberg
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working at "lightning speed" to review data on Gilead Sciences Inc's experimental antiviral drug remdesivir in treating COVID-19 disease, the head ...
Apr 30, 2020
Arab foreign ministers condemns Israeli plan to annex parts of occupied West Bank
CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab countries condemned Israel's plan to de facto annex parts of the occupied West Bank as a "new war crime" against Palestinians, the Arab League said in a statement after a video ...
Apr 30, 2020
Macy’s to reopen 68 stores, targets all within six weeks
(Reuters) - Macy's Inc plans to reopen 68 U.S. stores on Monday in states that have loosened coronavirus lockdowns, the department store operator said on Thursday, as more retailers sought to get busi...
Apr 30, 2020
Militants, fringe groups exploiting COVID-19, warns EU anti-terrorism chief
By Luke Baker LONDON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is fuelling extremism on the far-right and far-left in Europe and giving Islamic State and other militants cover to regain influence, the Euro...
Apr 30, 2020
Renault puts historic Boulogne property up for sale: sources
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) - Renault PA> has put one of its historic buildings up for sale in Boulogne-Billancourt, the birthplace of the carmaker, to cut costs, three sources close to the co...
Apr 30, 2020
