Category Archives: Syndicated
On Chicago’s South Side, some violence-weary residents open to federal investigators
By Brendan O'Brien and Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - Many Chicagoans vehemently oppose President Donald Trump's pledge to send federal officers to the third-largest U.S. city, after seeing camoufla...
Jul 27, 2020
Explainer: Trump’s plan to cut drug prices
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed four executive orders designed to reduce drug costs for consumers, in a bid to highlight his commitment to cutting prescripti...
Jul 27, 2020
The U.S. has more COVID-19 testing than most. So why is it falling so short?
By Allison Martell and Ned Parker (Reuters) - The United States might have more COVID-19 testing capacity than any other country. So why have we seen laboratories overwhelmed and many patients again w...
Jul 27, 2020
‘We’re going for more’ say Chileans after pensions reform crosses free market Rubicon
By Aislinn Laing and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Within minutes of Chilean lawmakers approving a bill that allows citizens to draw down 10% of their pensions to help make ends meet during the ...
Jul 27, 2020
BMW to offer fully electric 5-series in emissions push
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BMW will offer a fully electric 5-series as part of sweeping product overhaul unveiled on Monday as the German carmaker seeks to lower vehicle emissions during production and on ...
Jul 27, 2020
Taliban push to control private companies, aid agencies in Afghanistan
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban wants all private companies and aid organisations operating in Afghanistan to register with the hardline Islamists, officials from the group said. T...
Jul 27, 2020
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate moves into late-stage trial
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Monday it has started a U.S. government-backed late-stage trial evaluating its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273, in about 30,000 adults who do not have the respira...
Jul 27, 2020
UK quarantine move deals disproportionate blow to confidence: IATA
PARIS (Reuters) - Global airline body IATA criticised Britain's snap decision to re-impose coronavirus quarantine measures on travellers from Spain as a severe blow to recovery hopes that was dispropo...
Jul 27, 2020
We need to build back trust, Spain says after UK quarantine blow
By Emma Pinedo and Nathan Allen MADRID (Reuters) - Spain said on Monday it hoped to convince Britain to exempt the Balearic and Canary islands from a sudden quarantine, and other Spanish regions said ...
Jul 27, 2020
Emergent signs $174 million deal to make AstraZeneca’s potential COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - Emergent BioSolutions Inc said on Monday it signed a $174 million agreement with AstraZeneca to develop and manufacture the British drugmaker's COVID-19 vaccine candidate. AstraZeneca in J...
Jul 27, 2020
