Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Power outage in New York, Con Edison investigating
(Reuters) - Electricity provider Con Edison said in a tweet that it is investigating a power outage in Manhattan Friday morning. According to ABC news, a power outage hit a portion of Upper Manhattan ...
Aug 07, 2020
Tired of Zoom calls? Company offers at-home hologram machines
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Looking for a new way to communicate during the pandemic? A Los Angeles company has created phone booth-sized machines to beam live holograms into your living roo...
Aug 07, 2020
U.S. pledges over $17 million in initial disaster aid for Lebanon, says embassy
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States has pledged over $17 million in initial disaster aid for Lebanon, following Tuesday's Beirut port explosion, the U.S. embassy said on Friday. It said in a statemen...
Aug 07, 2020
Economic meltdown threatens Europe’s war on plastic
By Catarina Demony OURM, Portugal (Reuters) - Giving a new life to plastic trash gets Carlos Bento out of bed every morning. But the coronavirus pandemic has seen revenues drop up to 40% at Micronipol...
Aug 07, 2020
India’s Serum Institute to partner with Gates Foundation to make COVID-19 vaccine
BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Serum Institute of India said it will partner with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and international vaccine alliance GAVI to manufacture and deliver 100 million COVID-19...
Aug 07, 2020
Japan says in deal to purchase AstraZeneca’s COVID-10 vaccine
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has agreed to acquire 120 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc's experimental COVID-19 vaccine if it is successfully developed, the health minister said on Friday. The agreement co...
Aug 07, 2020
South Korea approves human trial for Genexine’s coronavirus treatment drug
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean biotech firm Genexine Inc has received regulatory approval for a Phase I human clinical trial of its experimental coronavirus treatment drug, the Ministry of Food and Dr...
Aug 07, 2020
Exclusive: Lebanon navigates food challenge with no grain silo and few stocks
By Maha El Dahan and Ellen Francis DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Beirut's blast destroyed Lebanon's only port-based grains silo, with plans for another in the country's second largest port Tripoli shelved ...
Aug 07, 2020
UK’s Hikma starts manufacturing COVID-19 treatment remdesivir for Gilead
(Reuters) - Hikma Pharmaceuticals has started manufacturing remdesivir, an approved treatment for COVID-19 from U.S.-based Gilead, for an undisclosed amount at its facility in Portugal, the British co...
Aug 07, 2020
Swiss government signs agreement with Moderna for COVID-19 vaccine
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has signed an agreement with Moderna to secure early access to the COVID-19 vaccine the U.S. biotech company is developing, the government said on Friday. Switzerland wi...
Aug 07, 2020
