Category Archives: Syndicated
Germany classifies Hezbollah as terrorist organisation, conducts raids
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has banned Iran-backed Hezbollah activity on its soil and designated it a terrorist organisation, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. Police conducted early morning raid...
Apr 30, 2020
Fauci says leak concerns fueled his White House revelation of Gilead drug results
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Concerns over leaks compelled the top U.S. infectious disease official to reveal data on Gilead Sciences Inc's experimental drug remdesivir, the first in a sci...
Apr 30, 2020
Wirecard chairman voices support for embattled CEO: Handelsblatt
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The chairman of Wirecard's supervisory board, Thomas Eichelmann, voiced support for the German payments company's chief executive, Markus Braun, despite controversy over previous...
Apr 29, 2020
Thailand reports seven new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Thursday reported seven new coronavirus cases but no new deaths, taking its tally to 2,954 cases while fatalities remained at 54 since the outbreak began in January. Ne...
Apr 29, 2020
Australian businesses borrow big to weather coronavirus storm
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian business borrowing surged by the most in three decades in March as firms stockpiled cash to see them through a widespread economic lockdown that is only now...
Apr 29, 2020
India’s Glenmark to conduct trials for potential COVID-19 drug, shares jump
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Shares of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd rose almost 9% on Thursday after the Indian drugmaker got an approval to conduct clinical trials with antiviral drug favipiravir, seen as a...
Apr 29, 2020
Germany reports 1,478 new coronavirus cases, 173 more deaths
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has risen by 1,478 to 159,119, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Thursday. According to the ...
Apr 29, 2020
USA Gymnastics bans former Olympics coach Haney for eight years
(Reuters) - USA Gymnastics has suspended former U.S. Olympic team coach Maggie Haney for eight years for verbally and emotionally abusing gymnasts she oversaw, the Washington Post reported on Wednesda...
Apr 29, 2020
Singaporeans who break quarantine for food pay hefty bill
By John Geddie SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singaporean man who broke his coronavirus quarantine with 30 minutes remaining to buy prata flatbread worth a few dollars was fined $1,000, the latest in a strin...
Apr 29, 2020
Millions of Americans likely applied for jobless benefits last week though wave is stabilizing
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millions more Americans likely filed claims for unemployment benefits last week, but the tide appears to be slowing, offering cautious hope of a peak in job lo...
Apr 29, 2020
