Category Archives: Syndicated
Kudlow says U.S. remains engaged with China over trade
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Thursday said the Trump administration remains engaged on the Phase 1 trade deal with China and is pleased with the agreement's prog...
Aug 20, 2020
Drugmakers slash prices to obtain China’s bulk-buy contracts: state media
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Drugmakers have slashed prices by up to 95% to win state contracts in China's largest bidding round of its drug procurement programme, state media said on Thursday. Beijin...
Aug 20, 2020
UAE senior official says Israel should remove any hurdle to F-35 sale
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has a legitimate request to acquire the F-35 fighter jet and its agreement to normalise ties with Israel should remove "any hurdle" for the United States to ...
Aug 20, 2020
Russia to begin COVID-19 vaccine trials on 40,000 people next week
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Mass testing of Russia's first potential COVID-19 vaccine to get domestic regulatory approval will involve more than 40,000 people and will be overseen by a foreign research body wh...
Aug 20, 2020
Zalando launches diversity drive after racism investigation
BERLIN (Reuters) - German online fashion retailer Zalando SE pledged on Thursday to use more brands linked to Black and other minority groups as part of a drive to fight discrimination and increase di...
Aug 20, 2020
Greta Thunberg urges Merkel to get out of climate ‘comfort zone’
BERLIN (Reuters) - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg urged German Chancellor Angela Merkel "to be brave enough to think long-term" in a meeting on Thursday where they discussed the climate crisis and me...
Aug 20, 2020
Proportion of contacts reached by English COVID-19 tracing scheme falls
LONDON (Reuters) - England's test and trace scheme reached 71.3% of identified contacts of new COVID-19 cases in the latest week, Britain's health ministry said on Thursday, a fall on the previous wee...
Aug 20, 2020
Exclusive: OPEC+ needs to fix daily oversupply of more than two million barrels, document shows
By Vladimir Soldatkin, Rania El Gamal and Ahmad Ghaddar MOSCOW/DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - Some members of the OPEC+ group of oil-producing nations would need to slash output by an extra 2.31 million bar...
Aug 20, 2020
Belarus launches criminal case against new opposition body
By Andrey Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus launched a criminal case on Thursday against a new opposition body, accusing it of an illegal attempt to seize power, a day after President Alexander Luka...
Aug 20, 2020
Russia’s ‘Sputnik V’ COVID-19 vaccine to be tested on 40,000 people: TASS cites developer
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Mass testing of Russia's first potential COVID-19 vaccine to get domestic regulatory approval will involve more than 40,000 people, the TASS news agency cited the vaccine's develope...
Aug 20, 2020
