Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China will improve contingency plans for COVID-19 clusters in winter: cabinet
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will improve its contingency plans for any COVID-19 cluster cases in the winter, including stepped-up procurement of medical supplies and greater contact-tracing efforts, the...
Nov 06, 2020
Haul of rare photos of space exploration's 'golden age' up for auction, including Armstrong on moon
By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) - A rare photograph of U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong on the surface of the moon is among thousands of space photographs in a collection up for auction at Christie's. Th...
Nov 06, 2020
Denmark taking steps to stop 'new animal reservoir' for COVID-19, says WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Denmark is taking steps to prevent the establishment of "a new animal reservoir for this virus", the WHO's technical lead for COVID-19 Maria Van Kerkhove said on Friday, after the c...
Nov 06, 2020
India's top general says face-off with China could spark bigger conflict
By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's top military commander said on Friday a tense border standoff with Chinese forces in the western Himalayas could spark a larger conflict, even as senio...
Nov 06, 2020
Swiss report 9,409 new coronavirus infections, 70 more deaths
ZURICH (Reuters) - Coronavirus infections rose by 9,409 and hospitalisations by 231, data https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/...
Nov 06, 2020
Facebook shuts dozens of Myanmar pages over 'inauthentic behaviour'
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Facebook said on Friday it dismantled dozens of accounts and pages run in Myanmar by commercial operators because of what it described as inauthentic behaviour, including some it...
Nov 06, 2020
Trump and Biden protesters duel outside vote-counting centers in cliffhanger election
By Mimi Dwyer and Joseph Tanfani PHOENIX/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Backers of President Donald Trump, some carrying guns, ramped up demonstrations on Thursday night against what he has baselessly calle...
Nov 06, 2020
Japan's government to consider raising support for ESG investments: spokesman
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will consider increasing financial incentives for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment, top government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said on Friday. The support wou...
Nov 06, 2020
WHO looking at biosecurity in other countries after Danish COVID-19 mink outbreak
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Friday it was looking at biosecurity in countries where there are mink farms after Denmark ordered a nationwide cull of the animals due to a wi...
Nov 06, 2020
Investors march back into China bets after Ant IPO halt, U.S. vote
By Andrew Galbraith and Tom Westbrook SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The shock suspension of Ant Group's massive share offering and a possible Joe Biden U.S. presidency have become fresh tailwinds for...
Nov 06, 2020
