Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Philippines confirms 3,139 novel coronavirus cases, 34 more deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Friday reported 3,139 new coronavirus infections and 34 additional deaths. In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed cases had reached 351...
Oct 16, 2020
Big blow for Rugby Championship as South Africa withdraw
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World champions South Africa will not take part in the Rugby Championship in a decision that leaves the tournament greatly diminished two weeks before kick-off and ...
Oct 16, 2020
French Open champ Swiatek adjusting to celebrity status
(Reuters) - French Open champion Iga Swiatek says she is trying to adjust to her new celebrity status after becoming the first Polish player to win a Grand Slam singles title. The 19-year-old beat Ame...
Oct 16, 2020
Investors throw money at everything, dump cash: BofA
LONDON (Reuters) - Global investors yanked almost $26 billion out of cash funds over the last week and piled $17.6 billion into bonds, another $8.6 billion into stock markets, and the third highest am...
Oct 16, 2020
Reported Russian COVID vaccine disinformation 'reprehensible': UK's Raab
LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Friday a reported Russian disinformation campaign to undermine COVID-19 vaccine trials was "reprehensible" at a time when countries sh...
Oct 16, 2020
PharmaMar aims to start phase III trial of cancer drug for COVID-19
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish pharmaceutical company PharmaMar said on Friday a clinical trial of its cancer drug Aplidin to treat adult patients with COVID-19 had achieved its safety and efficacy goals ...
Oct 16, 2020
Russia's new coronavirus cases surge to record high of 15,150
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's daily tally of new coronavirus cases surged to a record high of 15,150 on Friday, including 5,049 in the capital Moscow, pushing the national total to 1,369,313 since the p...
Oct 16, 2020
France's Le Maire backs tariffs on U.S. goods in aircraft dispute
PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday he was in favour of Europe imposing tariffs on U.S. goods after the World Trade Organization (WTO) granted the European Union th...
Oct 16, 2020
European shares set for weekly losses as virus cases surge
(Reuters) - European shares bounced from two-week lows on Friday but were still set for weekly losses after a sell-off that was marked by fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections, Brexit-related ...
Oct 16, 2020
White House election race reaches streets of Tel Aviv
By Rami Ayyub TEL AVIV (Reuters) - "You have to thank Trump" posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week, as Republican ads brought the race for the White House ont...
Oct 16, 2020
