Author Archives: Syndicated Content
France reports new all time high of new COVID-19 cases, at almost 19,000
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 18,746 new confirmed COVID-19 cases over 24 hours on Wednesday, a new all-time daily high, and almost double of Tuesday's tally of 10,489. The numb...
Oct 07, 2020
Scathing congressional report suggests big trouble for Big Tech if Biden wins
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A scathing report detailing abuses of market power by four top technology companies suggests a tough road ahead of new rules and stricter enforcement for Big Tec...
Oct 07, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 210,232 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 7,475,262 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 38,984 from its previous count, and said that the num...
Oct 07, 2020
U.S. indicts six more chicken executives over alleged price fixing
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. government has indicted six more chicken-industry executives over alleged price-fixing, expanding antitrust prosecutions in its probe of the $65 billion poultry sector, ac...
Oct 07, 2020
AstraZeneca could profit from COVID-19 vaccine as early as July: FT
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca could start profiting from its COVID-19 vaccine as soon as July next year, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing a memo showing the British drugmaker can declare wh...
Oct 07, 2020
Eighteen Burkinabe nationals die in Ivory Coast bus crash
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Eighteen Burkinabe nationals died when a bus they were travelling in crashed near the town of Bouake in central Ivory Coast on Wednesday morning, Burkina Faso's government said...
Oct 07, 2020
France COVID-19 hospitalisations at a three-month high
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities said on Tuesday more than 7,500 patients were treated in hospital for COVID-19 disease, marking a three-months high and an increase of more than 65% versus ...
Oct 07, 2020
Germany adds Georgia, Jordan, Romania, Tunisia to corona risk list
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany declared the whole of Georgia, Jordan, Romania and Tunisia to be coronavirus risk regions, meaning returnees from there will have to enter quarantine pending a negative coro...
Oct 07, 2020
Ireland's top doctor says acceleration of COVID-19 'very worrying'
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Leading Irish health officials on Wednesday warned that all indicators of the spread of COVID-19 are deteriorating and that a surge in hospitalisations could become a very significa...
Oct 07, 2020
Senator Warren asks big U.S. banks for details on pandemic performance
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is asking large U.S. banks to disclose how they performed under a recent Federal Reserve exam of their finances during the corona...
Oct 07, 2020
