Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Coronavirus spreads in Brazil’s oilfields, as five offshore operators register cases
By Gram Slattery and Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Norway's Equinor ASA and Anglo-French firm Perenco are among at least five oil producers that have registered coronavirus cases among emp...
May 26, 2020
Musk’s SpaceX set for debut astronaut mission, renewing NASA’s crewed launch program
By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX is set to launch two American astronauts to the International Space Station on Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Cen...
May 26, 2020
Even as Canada reopens, children in foster care endure long separations
By Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) - Children in Canada's foster care homes have gone weeks without being able to see their parents in person and plans for safe reunions are still uncertain, accordi...
May 26, 2020
Kremlin says OPEC+ to analyse market before deciding on further policy
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The group of OPEC+ countries will look at how the situation on global oil markets develops before taking any policy decisions, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, when asked if additional ...
May 26, 2020
Special Report: Bolsonaro brought in his generals to fight coronavirus. Brazil is losing the battle
By Stephen Eisenhammer and Gabriel Stargardter SO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - In mid-March, Brazil took what seemed to be a forceful early strike against the coronavirus pandemic. The Health Mini...
May 26, 2020
Italy Senate panel votes down Salvini probe over stranded migrants
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian Senate committee on Tuesday rejected a request by magistrates to investigate Matteo Salvini, head of the rightwing League party, for refusing a migrant rescue boat permissi...
May 26, 2020
Merck leaps into COVID-19 development fray with vaccine, drug deals
By Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman CHICAGO (Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc , which has largely kept to the sidelines of the race for COVID-19 treatments, said it was buying Austrian vaccine maker Themi...
May 26, 2020
Child labour, marriages on rise in Yemen as COVID spreads: U.N. agency
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday its work in Yemen was near a "potential breaking point" as coronavirus spreads in the war-damaged country, with rising numbers ...
May 26, 2020
China’s Hong Kong law set to bar foreign judges from national security cases: sources
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing's planned national security legislation for Hong Kong is set to block its foreign judges from handling national security trials, people familiar with the ma...
May 26, 2020
Britain to provide anti-viral drug remdesivir to some COVID-19 patients
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will provide anti-viral drug remdesivir to certain COVID-19 patients that it is most likely to benefit as part of a collaboration with manufacturer Gilead Sciences , the hea...
May 26, 2020
