Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Italy's Lombardy health chief leaves office after COVID-19 criticism
By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) - The health chief in Italy's wealthy Lombardy region, one of the areas of the world hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, left office on Friday after months of cr...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
Indian government, farmers fail to break deadlock over new agriculture laws
By Nigam Prusty and Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government and representatives of protesting farmers failed to reach an agreement on contentious new agriculture laws on Friday and...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
Romania detects first case of British coronavirus variant
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania has recorded its first case of the British variant of the coronavirus in a 27-year-old woman from the southern county of Giurgiu who had not travelled abroad recently, th...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
Tesla launches cheaper variant of Model Y SUV
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc launched a cheaper variant of the Model Y, bringing its sports utility vehicle's price closer to that of its Model 3 sedan, the electric-car maker's least expensive car. The new ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
Canada could well see an election this year, PM Trudeau says for first time
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said for the first time on Friday there could well be an election this year, indicating his government is preparing for a vote he insists he d...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
U.S. to introduce fraud checks for small business pandemic aid program -sources
By Koh Gui Qing and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will introduce new due diligence checks during the third round of the country's main small busine...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
UK COVID-19 "R" number estimated between 1.0-1.4
LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 reproduction "R" number in the UK is estimated between 1.0-1.4, the health ministry said on Friday, similar to the most recent estimated figure before Christmas. The pr...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
French medical regulator approves Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
PARIS (Reuters) - French medical regulator HAS said on Friday it had approved the coronavirus vaccine developed by Moderna for rollout in France, after the European Medicines Agency gave its go-ahead ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
Brazil health regulator receives application for emergency use of Sinovac's vaccine - statement
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Friday it received an application from So Paulo-based medical center Butantan for emergency use in Brazil of a COVID-19 vaccine develope...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
Almost 2.3 million people need aid in Ethiopia's Tigray: U.N. report
(Reuters) - Fighting is still going on in several parts of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region and almost 2.3 million people, or nearly half of the population, need aid, a U.N. report said. The report, ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
