Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil minister urges unified voice as Bolsonaro downplays coronavirus
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's health minister urged the government to speak with a unified voice in its fight against the new coronavirus, calling out President Jair Bolsonaro for downplaying the thr...
Apr 13, 2020
Japan minister: Paris accord under threat if coronavirus trumps climate change
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi warned on Monday that the Paris climate accord could face death if steps to fight global warmin...
Apr 13, 2020
Blackstone invests $2 billion in Alnylam, boosting gene-silencing drug development
(Reuters) - Blackstone Group Inc said on Monday it invested $2 billion in Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc through an equity-and-debt deal, giving the drugmaker a financial boost to develop its gene-silenc...
Apr 13, 2020
UK’s Johnson will follow medical advice on when to return to work
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will follow medical advice on when he should return to work, his spokesman said on Monday, declining to speculate on how long his full recovery ...
Apr 13, 2020
U.S. Democrats call on Republicans to work toward coronavirus bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The two top Democrats in the U.S. Congress called on Republicans on Monday to work toward new bipartisan coronavirus legislation, citing a lack of funding for the national testi...
Apr 13, 2020
Pregnant American reunited with husband after UAE coronavirus quarantine
By Tarek Fahmy ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Hannah O'Reilly, who is six months pregnant, has been reunited with her husband in the United Arab Emirates after first getting stranded in the United States by th...
Apr 13, 2020
Indonesia president says to rapidly expand coronavirus testing
By Tom Allard and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - President Joko Widodo said Indonesian will be able to conduct more than 10,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests a day for the new coronaviru...
Apr 13, 2020
Coronavirus deaths in the Netherlands increase to 2,823
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of people who have died from the new coronavirus in the Netherlands has increased by 86 to 2,823, Dutch health authorities said on Monday. The National Institute for P...
Apr 13, 2020
Alice in Dairyland Competition Delayed - Plymouth Woman Waits
by Kevin Zimmermann UNDATED (WHBL) - A Plymouth woman, one of six finalists competing to be the 73rd “Alice in Dairyland," will have to wait a bit longer than anticipated due to the Coron...
Apr 13, 2020
Volkswagen to aid U.S. dealers supporting coronavirus relief efforts
(Reuters) - Volkswagen AG said on Monday it would give financial assistance to its U.S. dealers who wish to use their loaner fleet to pickup and deliver essential supplies in areas affected by the COV...
Apr 13, 2020
