Category Archives: Syndicated
‘Every action counts’, UNHCR says for World Refugee Day
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United Nations' refugee agency is marking this year's World Refugee Day with the message that "every action counts", as it faces the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic and reco...
Jun 19, 2020
Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent product wins Chinese approval
PARIS (Reuters) - Healthcare companies Sanofi and Regeneron said on Friday that their Dupixent product had won regulatory approval in China to treat adults suffering from moderate-to-severe atopic der...
Jun 19, 2020
China to revamp benchmark equity index, STAR as pursues growth
By Luoyan Liu and Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will revamp its benchmark equity index by introducing more high-tech strength and removing loss-making companies, as it turns to its capit...
Jun 19, 2020
Luckin Coffee audit committee member resigns less than three months into job
(Reuters) - An independent director and member of Luckin Coffee Inc's audit committee has resigned, the embattled coffee chain said on Friday, less than three months after his appointment. Luckin, whi...
Jun 19, 2020
Eastern countries reject using EU carbon revenue to repay COVID debt
By Kate Abnett and Gabriela Baczynska (Reuters) - Eastern European Union countries have rejected using carbon emissions trading to boost the bloc's budget, sources said as leaders convened on Friday t...
Jun 19, 2020
Enel to launch hydrogen business as part of green drive
MILAN (Reuters) - Europe's biggest utility Enel is set to launch a green hydrogen business next year to speed up its plans to become a carbon-free power producer by 2050. The group is targeting market...
Jun 19, 2020
Australia, International Paralympic Committee offer Alcott support
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tennis Australia offered their support to Dylan Alcott over his disappointment at the wheelchair events being cut from the U.S. Open while the International Paralympic Committee (IP...
Jun 19, 2020
D.Telekom: we will keep control of T-Mobile if Softbank sells shares
BERLIN (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom is in talks to buy out shares in its U.S. unit T-Mobile from Japan's Softbank , CEO Tim Hoettges said on Friday, noting that under a shareholder agreement it has th...
Jun 19, 2020
Norwegian police worry that coronavirus upheaval could lead to more radicalisation
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police said on Friday they were concerned that the social and economic strains caused by the coronavirus pandemic could lead to more radicalisation and extremist violence. "...
Jun 19, 2020
South Asian COVID-19 patients in UK hospitals 20% more likely to die: study
LONDON (Reuters) - Hospitalized COVID-19 patients of South Asian ethnicity in Britain are 20% more likely to die from the disease than white people, a large-scale study said on Friday, the latest evid...
Jun 19, 2020
