Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pandemic puts global progress against tuberculosis at risk: WHO
LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic is derailing global efforts to tackle tuberculosis (TB), the world's deadliest infectious disease, with cases likely to rise without urgent action and investme...
Oct 14, 2020
YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Wednesday it would remove videos from YouTube that promote misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, expanding its current rules against...
Oct 14, 2020
Kidnappings by pirates up 40% in Gulf of Guinea: IMB
LAGOS (Reuters) - Kidnappings rose by 40% in the Gulf of Guinea in the first nine months of this year, and the region off West Africa's coast now accounts for 95% of global maritime kidnappings, the I...
Oct 14, 2020
U.N. access to decaying Yemen tanker could take weeks, say sources
By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI (Reuters) - A United Nations team will have to wait several weeks to access a deteriorating tanker off Yemen's shore that is threatening to spill 1.1 million barrels of crude...
Oct 14, 2020
U.S. producer prices accelerate, but overall inflation trending softer
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices increased more than expected in September amid a surge in the cost of hotel and motel accommodation, leading to the first year-on-year gai...
Oct 14, 2020
Spanish Catalonia region orders bars, restaurants shutdown for 15 days
BARCELONA (Reuters) - The Spanish region of Catalonia ordered on Wednesday the closure of bars and restaurants for 15 days from Thursday and limited the opening of shops and parks to try to curb a sur...
Oct 14, 2020
UK's Sunak says new national lockdown would have 'stark' costs
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday that he believed a second national lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus would carry heavy economic and social costs....
Oct 14, 2020
Putin says Russia approves second COVID-19 vaccine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has granted regulatory approval to a second COVID-19 vaccine, a delighted President Vladimir Putin announced at a government meeting on Wednesday. Putin congratulated scienti...
Oct 14, 2020
Hungary passes COVID-19 milestones as testing hits limits
By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary notched up two COVID-19 milestones on Wednesday when its total number of infections exceeded 40,000 and deaths rose above 1,000, official data showed, as s...
Oct 14, 2020
Sanitising-gel poisoning cases soar among Spanish children amid pandemic
MADRID (Reuters) - The number of Spanish children treated for poisoning after ingesting hand-sanitising gels has rocketed as the product has become ubiquitous during the coronavirus pandemic. The Span...
Oct 14, 2020
