Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Declare states of ‘climate emergency’, U.N. chief tells world leaders
By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - World leaders should declare states of "climate emergency" in their countries to spur action to avoid catastrophic global warming, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Gu...
Dec 12, 2020
AstraZeneca to buy Alexion for $39 billion to expand in immunology
(Reuters) - Britain's AstraZeneca has agreed to buy U.S. drugmaker Alexion Pharmaceuticals for $39 billion in cash and shares to bolster its positions in immunology and rare diseases. AstraZeneca, one...
Dec 12, 2020
Pro-Trump groups to march and pray to protest president’s election loss
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative groups that allege without evidence that President-elect Joe Biden stole the U.S. election from Donald Trump plan protests nationwide on Saturday...
Dec 12, 2020
Britain’s navy to protect fishing waters in case of no-deal Brexit
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Four Royal Navy patrol ships will be ready on Jan. 1 to help protect Britain's fishing waters in the event the Brexit transition period ends without a deal on future ties...
Dec 12, 2020
Swiss freeze assets of Belarus leader Lukashenko
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has frozen the financial assets of the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, following the violent aftermath of the elections in the east European country. Lukashe...
Dec 12, 2020
Iran executes dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam – Nour news
(Reuters) - Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 anti-government protests, was executed on Saturday, Iran's semi-official Nour news agency...
Dec 11, 2020
With U.S. now in hand, BioNTech CEO looks for more vaccine production
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - The chief executive of Germany's BioNTech SE said the biggest challenge facing it and partner Pfizer Inc now that their COVID-19 vaccine is authorized for use in ...
Dec 11, 2020
What’s next for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine after UK rollout
(Reuters) - Britain began the mass-vaccination of its population against COVID-19 on Tuesday, becoming the first Western nation to do so in a global endeavour that poses one of the biggest logistical ...
Dec 11, 2020
Explainer: U.S. has authorized the first COVID-19 vaccine – when will I get it?
By Rebecca Spalding (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE , making it available for emergency use to patients ...
Dec 11, 2020
U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use -NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use on Friday, the New York Times reported, citing two people with knowledge of the ...
Dec 11, 2020
