Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Anti-Amazon campaigners in France team up to say ‘non’ to firm’s expansion
By Christian Lowe, Elizabeth Pineau and Mathieu Rosemain COLOMBIER-SAUGNIEU, France (Reuters) - At his veterinary practice near the French city of Lyon one morning in June, Gilles Renevier prepared to...
Jul 30, 2020
Experimental Johnson & Johnson vaccine protects monkeys in a single dose: study
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson on Thursday kicked off U.S. human safety trials for its COVID-19 vaccine after releasing details of a study in monkeys that showed its best-p...
Jul 30, 2020
Exclusive: As Japan weighs missile-defence options, Raytheon lobbies for Lockheed’s $300 million radar deal
By Tim Kelly and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. defence company Raytheon is lobbying Japanese lawmakers to replace Lockheed Martin Corp as the supplier of powerful radars as Tokyo reconside...
Jul 30, 2020
AstraZeneca tops forecasts on strong drug sales, outlook unchanged
(Reuters) - Drugmaker AstraZeneca topped second-quarter sales and profit expectations on Thursday and stood by its 2020 forecasts, helped by strong sales in lockdowns of a diverse line-up, which now i...
Jul 30, 2020
Auto industry set to put brakes on central Europe’s COVID-19 recovery
By Krisztina Than and Jason Hovet BUDAPEST/PRAGUE (Reuters) - The auto industry, long a driver of economic growth in central Europe, is likely to be one of the main drags on the region's efforts this ...
Jul 30, 2020
Coronavirus surges in Asia bring warnings over complacency
By Colin Packham and Alasdair Pal SYDNEY/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Spikes in novel coronavirus infections in Asia have dispelled any notion the region may be over the worst, with Australia and India repor...
Jul 30, 2020
Launch set for NASA’s next-generation Mars rover Perseverance
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) - NASA's next-generation Mars rover Perseverance is set for liftoff from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Thursday on a mission to search for traces of potential past life on Ear...
Jul 30, 2020
U.S. economy likely suffered historic plunge in second quarter; outlook murky as COVID-19 cases surge
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy likely contracted at its steepest pace since the Great Depression in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic destroyed consumer and busine...
Jul 29, 2020
Tropical Storm Isaias forms near Puerto Rico, says U.S. NHC
(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Isaias has formed over the North Atlantic, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. Isaias, the ninth named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, w...
Jul 29, 2020
South Korea’s Celltrion gets UK approval for trials of COVID-19 antibody drug
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Celltrion Inc on Thursday said British regulators had given it regulatory approval for a phase I clinical trial of its experimental COVID-19 treatment drug. The company...
Jul 29, 2020
