Category Archives: Syndicated
GSK to work on potential COVID-19 shot with Canada’s Medicago
(Reuters) - Britain's GSK said on Tuesday it will develop and test a potential COVID-19 vaccine using its booster technology and Canadian biopharmaceutical firm Medicago's coronavirus-like particles. ...
Jul 07, 2020
German state of Saxony to allow events with more than 1,000 people from Sept: Bild
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's eastern state of Saxony plans to allow large-scale events with more than 1,000 visitors from Sept. 1, Bild newspaper cited the state's health minister as saying on Tuesday...
Jul 07, 2020
United Airlines warns of booking declines due to new travel restrictions: WSJ
(Reuters) - United Airlines has warned of booking declines and potential furloughs due to new travel restrictions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing an internal presentation to the c...
Jul 07, 2020
Russia opens criminal case against activist for failing to declare dual nationality
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators on Tuesday opened a criminal case against Pyotr Verzilov, an anti-Kremlin activist and associate of the Pussy Riot punk group, for having allegedly failed to d...
Jul 07, 2020
Britain now compliant with Saudi Arabia arms order, can issue export licenses: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has complied with a court order over its decisions on granting export licences to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, its trade minister said on Tuesday, meaning it can once again is...
Jul 07, 2020
Philippine consortium drops $2 billion airport project
MANILA (Reuters) - A consortium of six of the Philippines' biggest conglomerates on Tuesday dropped a proposal to upgrade and operate the country's main airport, as the impacts of the coronavirus hit ...
Jul 07, 2020
‘At war time speed’, China leads COVID-19 vaccine race
By Sangmi Cha and Miyoung Kim SEOUL/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China is forging ahead in the race to develop a vaccine to help control the COVID-19 pandemic, with Sinovac Biotech's experimental vaccine set...
Jul 07, 2020
UAE banks can withstand shocks of any size: central bank
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates Central Bank said on Tuesday the country's banking sector can withstand any scale of shock as banks are well capitalised. It said that while the coronavirus ...
Jul 07, 2020
Indonesia’s Telkom Group unblocks Netflix as it amps digital push
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Indonesia's state owned telecoms firm PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia said on Tuesday it has unblocked streaming giant Netflix, after four years of negotiations. Telkom said the deci...
Jul 07, 2020
Syrian, Russian airstrikes in Idlib amount to war crimes, as do jihadist attacks: U.N.
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Syrian and Russian planes have carried out deadly aerial strikes amounting to war crimes on schools, hospitals and markets in Idlib province, U.N. investigators...
Jul 07, 2020
