Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Q&A: Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?
By Carl O'Donnell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousa...
Thomson Reuters Nov 09, 2020
EU says U.S. election has no bearing on trade talks with UK
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The question of who is U.S. president has no bearing on the trade talks between the European Union and Britain, which are likely to run in London all this week, a spokesman for th...
Thomson Reuters Nov 09, 2020
Bahrain cabinet approves air services MOU with Israel: state news agency
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain's government approved on Monday a memorandum of understanding with Israel, covering air services, the state-run agency of the Gulf country said. Bahrain and Israel signed in ...
Thomson Reuters Nov 09, 2020
BoE right to leave climate issues aside in COVID response: Bailey
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England was right to ignore climate change risks in its emergency response to the initial impact of COVID-19 on the economy, and instead seek to tackle...
Thomson Reuters Nov 09, 2020
China holds off on sending congratulations to Biden
BEIJING (Reuters) - China, which has held off on congratulating U.S. presidential election winner Joe Biden even as leaders of other countries have done so, said on Monday it would follow custom in re...
Thomson Reuters Nov 09, 2020
Swiss report 17,309 new coronavirus cases over three days
ZURICH (Reuters) - Coronavirus infections rose by 17,309 cases since Friday, data from Swiss health authorities showed on Monday. Total confirmed cases in Switzerland and neighbouring principality Lie...
Thomson Reuters Nov 09, 2020
U.N. envoy Carney backs annual investor votes on company climate plans
By Simon Jessop and Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - U.N. envoy Mark Carney backed a push to make companies give investors an annual vote on their climate change strategies, saying on Monday that migh...
Thomson Reuters Nov 09, 2020
Exclusive: Algeria sees 2021 budget deficit at 13.57% of GDP - document
By Hamid Ould Ahmed ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria expects its 2021 budget deficit to reach 13.57% of gross domestic product, up from a 10.4% forecast for this year, after a 10.04% rise in public spendin...
Thomson Reuters Nov 09, 2020
Explainer: How and when will Trump leave office?
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The United States has a long history of peaceful transfers of power that is likely to continue despite President Donald Trump's attacks on the legitimacy of the election resul...
Thomson Reuters Nov 09, 2020
Explainer: Citizen Trump will face legal woes
By Makini Brice and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Since taking office in January 2017, President Donald Trump has been besieged by civil lawsuits and criminal investigations of his inner circle. Wi...
Thomson Reuters Nov 09, 2020
