Category Archives: Syndicated
Coronavirus carers left ‘in limbo’ as Italian region vetoes budget rise
MILAN (Reuters) - Authorities in Lombardy, the northern Italian region at the centre of one of Europe's worst coronavirus outbreaks, have rebuffed requests to top up health service budgets to cover hu...
May 29, 2020
Some medics say they are muzzled in Egypt’s coronavirus response
CAIRO (Reuters) - At dusk on April 10, police entered an apartment in Qalyubia province, north of Cairo, and arrested ophthalmologist Hany Bakr. The reason, his lawyer Aisha Nabil said, was an April 4...
May 29, 2020
Jamaican bobsleigh team push a Mini to keep Olympic dream alive
By Will Russell PETERBOROUGH, England (Reuters) - The Jamaican bobsleigh team is used to training without snow, but the coronavirus lockdown has seen its male athletes resort to pushing a car around t...
May 29, 2020
France’s tourism industry asks itself: can we save summer?
By Lucien Libert and Eric Gaillard PARIS/NICE, France (Reuters) - Serge Coeroli has given the shelves behind the bar of his Paris restaurant a new lick of paint, in anticipation of customers returning...
May 29, 2020
Exclusive: Sanofi stops enrolling COVID-19 patients in hydroxychloroquine trials amid safety concerns
PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi has temporarily stopped recruiting new COVID-19 patients for its two clinical trials on hydroxychloroquine and will not supply the anti-malaria drug to treat COVID-19 until co...
May 29, 2020
FDA approves Abbvie’s drug to control menstrual bleeding due to fibroids
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Abbvie Inc's oral treatment for managing heavy menstrual bleeding associated with fibroids in premenopausal women. The treatment is...
May 29, 2020
Federer is the world’s highest-paid athlete, says Forbes
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - Roger Federer is the world's highest-paid athlete for 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic knocked soccer's Lionel Messi off top spot, according to the annual Forbes list released...
May 29, 2020
Spanish dig unearths human remains in hunt for Irish rebel lord
By Juan Medina VALLADOLID, Spain (Reuters) - Spanish archaeologists may have uncovered the final resting place of an Irish nobleman whose bloody 16th-century rebellion almost toppled Ireland's English...
May 29, 2020
South Africa has backlog of over 96,000 coronavirus tests
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has a backlog of more than 96,000 unprocessed specimens awaiting coronavirus tests, the health ministry said on Friday, reflecting what it called a global shortag...
May 29, 2020
UK COVID-19 confirmed death toll rises 324 to 38,161
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom's death toll from confirmed cases of COVID-19 has risen by 324 to 38,161, finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday. Including deaths from suspected cases of CO...
May 29, 2020
