Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sean Connery's 007 pistol from 'Dr.No' stars at Hollywood auction
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The handgun used by the late Sean Connery in the first James Bond film is the star attraction in a Hollywood auction next month. The semi automatic Walther PP gun, which along ...
Nov 09, 2020
Novavax's experimental coronavirus vaccine gets FDA's 'fast-track' status
(Reuters) - Novavax Inc said on Monday its experimental coronavirus vaccine had gained the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "fast-track" status. The U.S. drug developer, which is testing the drug i...
Nov 09, 2020
China says inclusion of Taiwan in WHO meeting would be 'illegal'
GENEVA (Reuters) - China's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva Chen Xu told a World Health Organization (WHO) ministerial meeting on Monday that a proposal to include Taiwan as an observer was "illegal a...
Nov 09, 2020
EU wants new start in trade policy with the U.S.: Altmaier
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union and its member states want to reset trade relations with the next U.S. administration following Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the election in the United States,...
Nov 09, 2020
Guatemala Mayan villagers tell of harrowing escape from deadly landslide
By Sofia Menchu CHICUZ, Guatemala (Reuters) - Matilde Ical Chen was toasting tortillas over a wood fire for the midday meal when the landslide ripped through the Guatemalan Mayan indigenous village of...
Nov 09, 2020
Final results confirm Ivory Coast President Ouattara's re-election
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The final results of Ivory Coast's Oct. 31 presidential election confirm President Alassane Ouattara won a third term in office with 94.27% of the vote, the constitutional council ...
Nov 09, 2020
EU to impose tariffs on U.S. imports in Boeing case from Tuesday
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will start applying tariffs on imports of $4 billion of U.S. goods from Tuesday following an award from the World Trade Organization in case on subsidies for pl...
Nov 09, 2020
Turkish opposition says minister's resignation amounts to 'state crisis'
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's main opposition said on Monday that the resignation of Finance Minister Berat Albayrak in a statement on Instagram was unprecedented and amounted to a "state crisis", while...
Nov 09, 2020
English judge blocks $6.6 billion Brazil lawsuit against BHP over burst dam
By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - A 5.0 billion pound ($6.6 billion) English lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP has been blocked, in a blow to a 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant gro...
Nov 09, 2020
Lithuania to support 'those fighting for freedom' in Taiwan
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's new ruling coalition agreed on Monday to commit their incoming government to support "those fighting for freedom" in Taiwan, threatening to hurt the sm...
Nov 09, 2020
