Category Archives: Syndicated
Taiwan eyes further U.S. arms purchases with new anti-ship missile
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan plans to buy land-based Boeing-made Harpoon anti-ship missiles as part of its military modernisation efforts, its defence ministry said on Thursday, the latest purchase from ...
May 28, 2020
China’s parliament approves Hong Kong national security bill
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved directly imposing national security legislation on Hong Kong to tackle secession, subversion, terrorism and foreign interfere...
May 28, 2020
Iran’s lawmakers elect former Guards commanders as speaker: TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian lawmakers elected former Revolutionary Guards air force commander Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf on Thursday as the speaker of the hardliner-dominated parliament for one year, state ...
May 28, 2020
Pandemic worsens pain of periods for women across the world: NGO
By Poppy McPherson BANGKOK (Reuters) - Millions of women worldwide are facing shortages of sanitary products, price hikes, and worsened stigma while managing periods during the coronavirus pandemic, a...
May 28, 2020
Alibaba extends its reach in China as coronavirus outbreak opens doors
By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is emerging as one of China's biggest corporate winners of the coronavirus crisis, gaining the opportunity to expand its businesses and s...
May 28, 2020
Singaporean gets four months jail for COVID-19 Facebook post
By John Geddie SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore jailed a taxi driver for four months on Wednesday over a Facebook post in which he falsely claimed food outlets would close and urged people to stock up ...
May 28, 2020
UK employers should pay wages of those asked to isolate by COVID-19 trace system: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - British employers should pay the wages of anyone told to stay at home by England's COVID-19 test and trace system, British health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday. The service...
May 28, 2020
CordenPharma extends deal with Moderna to supply lipids for COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - Pharmaceutical company CordenPharma has extended its agreement with Moderna Inc to supply large volumes of lipids used to produce Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The expanded agreeme...
May 28, 2020
GSK to produce 1 bln doses of coronavirus vaccine booster in 2021
(Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc will expand production of vaccine efficacy boosters, or adjuvants, to produce 1 billion doses in 2021 for use in shots for COVID-19, the British drugmaker said on Thurs...
May 28, 2020
From settlement to counselling, Taiwan promises help for fleeing Hong Kongers
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan on Thursday promised to settle Hong Kongers who flee the Chinese-ruled city due to political reasons, offering help from employment to counselling as China pushe...
May 28, 2020
