Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan panel recommends approval of updated Daiichi Sankyo COVID shot- Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese health ministry panel on Monday recommended approval for an updated version of Daiichi Sankyo's COVID-19 vaccine, the Kyodo news agency said. The mRNA-based shot was initi...
Nov 27, 2023
Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a 'gigantic global sewer'
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday announced she was quitting the X platform formerly known as Twitter, calling it a "gigantic global sewer" that was "destroying our democracies" by ...
Nov 27, 2023
Council of Europe urges Hungary to shelve sovereignty bill
By Boldizsar Gyori BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary should abandon its proposed 'sovereignty' law as it gives sweeping investigative powers with little democratic oversight, the Council of Europe Commissi...
Nov 27, 2023
Canada's Xenon Pharma's depression drug fails to meet main goal in study
(Reuters) - Canada's Xenon Pharmaceuticals said on Monday that its experimental drug to treat moderate to severe major depressive disorder (MDD) had failed to significantly reduce the severity of depr...
Nov 27, 2023
DouYu International forms committee to manage ops after CEO's arrest
(Reuters) - Live streaming platform operator DouYu International Holdings said on Monday it has formed an interim management committee to manage its operations, following the arrest of its chief execu...
Nov 27, 2023
Cycling-British great Laura Kenny sets sights on Paris
LONDON (Reuters) - Track cyclist Laura Kenny, Britain's most successful female Olympian, has set her sights on making the team for the Paris Games despite barely having competed in the past two years....
Nov 27, 2023
Britain adds new synthetic opioids to its banned drug list
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said it would ban 20 additional dangerous drugs on Monday, adding fifteen new synthetic opioids and other substances to its Class A drugs list as part of efforts to protect p...
Nov 27, 2023
Polish truckers start round-the-clock blockade of fourth Ukrainian border crossing
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish truckers and farmers started a round-the-clock blockade of access on Monday to Medyka, one of the busiest border crossings with Ukraine, extending a protest that has left tho...
Nov 27, 2023
Australia to amend law to regulate digital payments like Apple, Google Pay
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's government said on Monday it would bring Apple Pay, Google Pay and other digital payment services under the same regulatory umbrella as credit cards and other payments a...
Nov 27, 2023
Health experts decry New Zealand's scrapping of world-first tobacco ban
LONDON (Reuters) - Health and tobacco campaigners said on Monday that New Zealand's plan to repeal laws that would ban tobacco sales for future generations threatened lives and put international effor...
Nov 27, 2023
