Author Archives: Syndicated Content
South Korea's conscripted doctors feel like 'human shields' in virus battle
By Ju-min Park OKCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) - As the coronavirus pandemic began sweeping through South Korea late in February, doctor Nam Ha-jong received an order to report overnight to Daegu, a ci...
Oct 27, 2020
Mainland China reports most new COVID-19 cases in more than two months
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 42 new COVID-19 cases on Oct. 27, the highest daily toll in more than two months due to a rise in infections in the northwestern Xinjiang region, the count...
Oct 27, 2020
Oil falls on oversupply fears after build in U.S. crude stocks
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices slid more than 1 percent on Wednesday, paring the previous day's gains, as a jump in U.S. crude inventories and surging COVID-19 cases raised fears of an oversupply of oil...
Oct 27, 2020
Djokovic, Thiem prevail in Vienna
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic recorded eight aces while defeating fellow Serbian Filip Krajinovic 7-6 (6), 6-3 in the opening round of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria. Djokovic delivered 39 winners...
Oct 27, 2020
Australia's Afterpay first-quarter sales more than double on U.S. growth
By Nikhil Nainan (Reuters) - Australia's Afterpay Ltd said on Wednesday underlying sales in the first-quarter more than doubled, helped by strong growth in the United States where the buy-now-pay-late...
Oct 27, 2020
English COVID data patchy, researchers say, as new dashboard launched
LONDON (Reuters) - There are significant problems with the availability and quality of COVID-19 data in England, British researchers said on Wednesday as they launched a dashboard to help make sense o...
Oct 27, 2020
Trump election website defaced, campaign working with law enforcement
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The presidential election campaign of Donald Trump says its official website was defaced earlier on Tuesday and that it is working with law enforcement to inve...
Oct 27, 2020
Euro edges lower on report of coronavirus lockdown for France
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The euro fell against the dollar on Wednesday after a media report that France's government is leaning toward reinstating a national lockdown to curb a resurgence in...
Oct 27, 2020
UK Vaccines Taskforce Chair says early COVID-19 vaccines may be imperfect: The Lancet
(Reuters) - UK Vaccines Taskforce Chair Kate Bingham said on Tuesday that the first generation of COVID-19 vaccines "is likely to be imperfect" and that they "might not work for everyone". "However, w...
Oct 27, 2020
Tanzania president Magufuli aims for second term as polls open
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tanzania's president John Magufuli hopes to win another five-year term when the East African nation holds presidential and parliamentary elections on Wednesday, amid criticism from...
Oct 27, 2020
