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Ghana’s Incas Diagnostics expects approval for COVID-19 antibody test
By Christian Akorlie KUMASI, Ghana (Reuters) - Ghana's Incas Diagnostics expects the country's regulator to approve its new COVID-19 antibody test by the end of July, saying its kits could help health...
Jun 10, 2020
Protests ‘to change the whole wide world’ following Floyd’s funeral
By Jennifer Hiller and Gary McWilliams HOUSTON (Reuters) - Protesters will take to the streets across the United States again on Wednesday one day after the funeral of George Floyd, whose death in pol...
Jun 10, 2020
Adidas pledges to hire more black and Latino staff
BERLIN (Reuters) - German sportswear brand Adidas has pledged to invest $20 million in the black community in the United States and make sure that at least 30% of all new U.S. jobs are filled with bla...
Jun 10, 2020
U.S. companies vow to fight racism but face critics on diversity
By Ross Kerber, Helen Coster and Arriana McLymore (Reuters) - In the past, U.S. corporations have largely remained silent as protests erupted over killings of African-Americans by police officers. Tha...
Jun 10, 2020
Special Report: Pandemic exposes systemic staffing problems at U.S. nursing homes
By Chris Kirkham and Benjamin Lesser (Reuters) - One night in April, as coronavirus swept through the Hammonton Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare, Robyn Esaw, a double amputee, signaled for hel...
Jun 10, 2020
Exclusive: Germany eyes additional debt of up to 50 billion euros for stimulus push – source
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz is mulling a bigger than expected extra budget with additional debt of up to 50 billion euros ($56.8 billion) to finance Berlin's bumper stimulus...
Jun 10, 2020
Coronavirus shutdown may help Serena’s Grand Slam quest: coach
By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) - Serena Williams is as motivated as ever to add to her 23 Grand Slam singles titles and the COVID-19 shutdown could end up helping her in that quest, the American'...
Jun 10, 2020
European shares head lower as Fed nerves kick in
By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) - European stocks reversed early gains on Wednesday, as investors turned cautious ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's first economic projections since the COVID-19 pandemic...
Jun 10, 2020
For virus-tamer Merkel, global alliances trumped nationalism
By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - Travelling in convoy through the Chinese city of Wuhan last September, Angela Merkel called a halt. As her party crossed a bridge over the Yangtze river, the German...
Jun 10, 2020
EU clears loan for Portugal’s TAP, Finnair capital increase
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Wednesday it had approved Portugal's plan for a rescue loan for Transportes Aereos Portugueses (TAP) and a partial state recapitalisation of Finnai...
Jun 10, 2020
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