Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. prosecutors seek 27 months imprisonment for former Uber self-driving head
(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are seeking 27 months of imprisonment for the former head of Uber's self-driving technology unit, Anthony Levandowski, who agreed to plead guilty in March for taking sensi...
Jul 29, 2020
Heathrow tells UK: do passenger testing or lose ‘quarantine roulette’
By Sarah Young and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Heathrow Airport, Europe's busiest airport, called on Britain to urgently introduce a passenger testing regime, warning that without one it would lose...
Jul 29, 2020
Germany: Coronavirus vaccine unlikely to be widely available before mid-2021
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Research Minister Anja Karliczek said on Wednesday that a coronavirus vaccine was unlikely to be widely available before the middle of next year. "We must continue to assume ...
Jul 29, 2020
India’s Hetero wins approval to launch COVID-19 drug favipiravir
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's Hetero Labs Ltd said on Wednesday it received local regulatory approval to launch its version of anti-viral drug favipiravir for the treatment of COVID-19. The drug, pric...
Jul 29, 2020
U.S. cybersecurity firm says Beijing-linked hackers target Vatican ahead of talks
By Cate Cadell BEIJING (Reuters) - Hackers linked to the Chinese government have infiltrated Vatican computer networks, including the Roman Catholic Church's Hong Kong-based representative, a U.S. fir...
Jul 29, 2020
Fintechs face pressure to grow up as coronavirus casts a chill
By Iain Withers, Anna Irrera and Tom Wilson LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aritra Chakravarty, founder of London-based online accounts and investments provider Dozens, admits it's a tough time to be seek...
Jul 29, 2020
Veteran TV journalist and CNN’s founding president Reese Schonfeld dies
(Reuters) - Television journalist and founding president of Cable News Network (CNN), Reese Schonfeld, who started the cable television network with media entrepreneur Ted Turner, died on Tuesday, U.S...
Jul 29, 2020
Britain signs supply deal for 60 million doses of Sanofi/GSK COVID-19 vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday said it had signed a supply deal for up to 60 million doses of a possible COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline, the fourth such deal i...
Jul 29, 2020
Tesla’s Musk says open to supplying batteries to other automakers
SEOUL (Reuters) - Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Tuesday that the company is open to licensing software and supplying powertrains and batteries. Tesla has previously supplied batt...
Jul 28, 2020
U.S. refiners to post worst second-quarter results in a decade
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) - U.S. oil refiners in coming days are expected to report the worst second-quarter results in a decade, with production outrunning demand while pandemic-related closings ha...
Jul 28, 2020
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