Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Explainer - Shot in the dark: Early COVID-19 vaccine efficacy explained
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - This week has seen a flurry of good news from COVID-19 vaccine developers, with Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE trumpeting early data indicating their mRNA candidate is m...
Thomson Reuters Nov 12, 2020
Islamic State claims responsibility for Jeddah attack
CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility on Thursday for an attack on a non-Muslim cemetery in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah which wounded several people, although it did not provide ...
Thomson Reuters Nov 12, 2020
U.S. airlines caution on winter challenges as COVID-19 cases rise
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines on Thursday cautioned that the recent surge in COVID-19 cases may have a negative impact on travel over the winter holidays, a period the sector had ...
Thomson Reuters Nov 12, 2020
British fraud office secures assets linked to Brazilian bribery scandal
LONDON (Reuters) - The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said on Thursday it had secured just under 1.2 million pounds ($1.6 million) from a Brazilian national implicated in Brazil's "Operation Car Wash",...
Thomson Reuters Nov 12, 2020
Contender to lead Biden EPA says agency should focus on environmental justice
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should strengthen its use of the federal Civil Rights Act to better to protect poor and minority communities from p...
Thomson Reuters Nov 12, 2020
K-pop's TXT sing of pandemic's toll on the young in 'We Lost the Summer'
SEOUL (Reuters) - K-pop boy band TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) describe their latest EP as a teen account of how the pandemic shattered their world, and they hope it resonates with young people everywhere...
Thomson Reuters Nov 12, 2020
IMF's Georgieva says G20 should synchronize investments to achieve faster growth
(Reuters) - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday called on G20 countries to synchronize their investments to rebuild from the coronavirus pandemic, saying thi...
Thomson Reuters Nov 12, 2020
War, not politics: Troubled election deepens tension in Myanmar's Rakhine
By Shoon Naing YANGON (Reuters) - Yarzar Tun's whole family backed Myanmar's Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in the landslide 2015 election that swept her to power. As fighting this year in western Ra...
Thomson Reuters Nov 12, 2020
Volkswagen to invest $233.5 million in motors output in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Volkswagen's Mexico unit said on Thursday the German carmaker plans to invest $233.5 million in a new production line for motors at its plant in the central Mexican state of Gu...
Thomson Reuters Nov 12, 2020
Factbox: Peru's presidential lineup: graft probes, suicide and impeachment
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru, the world's No.2 copper producer and for years one of Latin America's fastest growing economies, has seen a litany of presidents ousted from office or imprisoned...
Thomson Reuters Nov 12, 2020
