Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japanese government coronavirus experts to ask for new measures to tackle increasing cases
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese government panel of coronavirus experts will seek new measures to tackle the coronavirus in Japan as infections in the country rise, Kyodo News reported. While Japan's inf...
Nov 09, 2020
Trump cheers Pfizer Inc's experimental COVID-19 vaccine results
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday welcomed Pfizer Ic's experimental COVID-19 vaccine results, and the stock market boost it brought. "STOCK MARKET UP BIG, VACCINE COMING SOON. RE...
Nov 09, 2020
Duterte's pick for top cop causes stir over drugs deaths, lockdown party
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine activists voiced concern on Monday about President Rodrigo Duterte's choice of a new police chief, warning of unchecked human rights abuses ahead and a crackdown on disse...
Nov 09, 2020
Islamist meeting underscores Austrian intelligence failure over attack
VIENNA (Reuters) - The scale of Austria's intelligence failure before last week's deadly jihadist attack in Vienna became clearer on Monday as the Interior Ministry confirmed the attacker had taken pa...
Nov 09, 2020
Banks, airlines surge after Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine news
By Julien Ponthus LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in banks and in the travel and leisure industries surged 10% or more on Monday after Pfizer announced that its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was more than 9...
Nov 09, 2020
BioNTech hopes immunisation effect of COVID-19 vaccine will last at least a year
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BioNTech's co-founder and chief executive said he was optimistic that the protective effect of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine, co-developed with Pfizer, would last for at leas...
Nov 09, 2020
Italy's national unity splinters in face of COVID-19 second wave
By Gavin Jones and Emilio Parodi MILAN/ROME (Reuters) - Italy won plaudits for its discipline and unity in fighting the Western world's first coronavirus outbreak in the spring, but that sense of comm...
Nov 09, 2020
Explainer: Suu Kyi, the army, insurgency - Myanmar's 2020 election explained
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's ruling party led by Aung San Suu Kyi claimed victory on Monday after a general election seen as a referendum on the first democratic government to lead the country since t...
Nov 09, 2020
Hong Kong pro-democracy legislators threaten mass resignations
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong pro-democracy legislators threatened mass resignations on Monday amid reports Beijing plans to disqualify four opposition lawmakers who had been accused by the ruling c...
Nov 09, 2020
China, Russia hold off on congratulating Biden; U.S. allies rally round
By Cate Cadell and Dmitry Antonov BEIJING/MOSCOW (Reuters) - China and Russia held off congratulating U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Monday, with Bejing saying it would follow usual custom in its r...
Nov 09, 2020
