Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. House will not consider voting by proxy this week: aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will no longer consider remote voting by proxy this week, a House Democratic leadership aide said. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on a ca...
Thomson Reuters Apr 22, 2020
Your Money: Stimulus check confusion? Common questions, answered
By Beth Pinsker NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a little over a year, when Americans file their 2020 tax returns, much of what is going on with coronavirus-linked stimulus payments will finally add up. Until ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 22, 2020
FDA grants accelerated approval for Immunomedics' breast cancer therapy
(Reuters) - Immunomedics Inc won an accelerated approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Trodelvy, its therapy for a form of invasive breast cancer that has worsened despite two prior r...
Thomson Reuters Apr 22, 2020
EBRD lends 145 million euros to help small Moroccan businesses
RABAT (Reuters) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Wednesday it would lend Morocco's Bank of Africa 145 million euros ($156.92 million) to help finance small busines...
Thomson Reuters Apr 22, 2020
Uzbekistan builds 10,000-bed infectious disease hospital
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan is preparing to open the first part of a 10,000-bed infectious diseases hospital outside the capital Tashkent as it tries to curb the spread of the coronavirus, a proje...
Thomson Reuters Apr 22, 2020
Estonia opens healthcare, schools to follow in easing of lockdown
TALLINN (Reuters) - Estonia has started to gradually open healthcare services and will open some schools on May 15 as it starts to emerge from a coronavirus lockdown, a government strategy document pu...
Thomson Reuters Apr 22, 2020
In Britain's COVID-19 wards, doctors say they do not have enough gowns
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - It was when the government changed its guidance last week to say medical workers treating coronavirus patients could use plastic aprons instead of protective gowns...
Thomson Reuters Apr 22, 2020
New York to launch tri-state virus tracing program with Bloomberg's help
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that he would work with Connecticut and New Jersey to launch a joint tri-state program to trace the contacts of people with the novel coron...
Thomson Reuters Apr 22, 2020
NFL: Punters from Down Under line up for draft chance
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia may be better known for flooding the world's markets with minerals, wool and koala bear soft toys, but the nation's booming exports of American football p...
Thomson Reuters Apr 22, 2020
Attacks across Afghanistan kill dozens of security force members, civilians
LOGAR/KABUL (Reuters) - Clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban militants killed dozens nationwide in the past 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday, even as the United States tries to broker peace ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 22, 2020