Category Archives: Syndicated
UK tech firm Smiths Group to help make COVID-19 antibody test
(Reuters) - Britain's Smiths Group on Wednesday said it would help produce a blood-based COVID-19 antibody test approved by the country's regulators, another move by the technology firm to develop pro...
Jul 08, 2020
Futures wobble as U.S. coronavirus cases top three million
By C Nivedita (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures ticked lower in choppy trading on Wednesday as investors stayed on the sidelines in the face of an alarming rise in coronavirus caseloads across the ...
Jul 08, 2020
Exclusive: Alibaba’s Ant plans Hong Kong IPO, targets valuation over $200 billion, sources say
By Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ant Group, the fintech arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, plans a Hong Kong float as soon as this year and targets a valuation of more than $200 billion, said ...
Jul 08, 2020
Germany insists self-regulation not enough for Facebook
By Emma Thomasson BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is determined to expand its attempts to regulate online hate speech even as Facebook promises to do more to clean up its site after a global advertiser boy...
Jul 08, 2020
Djokovic accuses critics of ‘witch-hunt’, undecided on U.S. Open
By Zoran Milosavljevic BELGRADE (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic has accused critics of subjecting him to a "witch-hunt" after his regional Adria Tour tennis event ended in a novel coronavirus fiasco and sa...
Jul 08, 2020
U.S. tech giants face hard choices under Hong Kong’s new security law
By Brenda Goh and Pei Li SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. tech giants face a reckoning over how Hong Kong's security law will reshape their businesses, with their suspension of processing governmen...
Jul 08, 2020
Russia working on immediate Libya ceasefire with Turkey – Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and Turkey are working on an immediate ceasefire agreement for the conflict in Libya, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Wednesday by the Interfax...
Jul 08, 2020
South Korea seeks remdesivir to treat over 5,000 COVID patients: lawmaker
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has asked Gilead Sciences Inc's to supply enough of its anti-viral drug remdesivir to treat more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients in preparation for a potential second wave o...
Jul 08, 2020
Uzbekistan to introduce second lockdown from July 10
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan will impose a second lockdown between July 10 and Aug. 1 to curb a new surge in cases of the novel coronavirus since the easing of its first set of restrictions in late...
Jul 08, 2020
Day record takes Romania’s coronavirus cases over 30,000: government
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - The number of coronavirus infections in Romania rose by a daily record of 555 new cases on the day taking the cumulative total to 30,175 cases, the government said on Wednesday, ...
Jul 08, 2020
