Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lawmaker says missing North Korean diplomat has settled in South Korea
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - A former senior North Korean diplomat who disappeared from his country's embassy in Italy in 2018 has settled in South Korea, a lawmaker in Seoul said on Tuesday. Jo So...
Thomson Reuters Oct 06, 2020
Biogen, gene-editing startup Scribe to develop therapies for Lou Gehrig's disease
(Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Biogen Inc and gene-editing startup Scribe Therapeutics Inc will jointly develop therapies for treating underlying genetic causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a f...
Thomson Reuters Oct 06, 2020
Britain expects U.S. to follow with Belarus sanctions, says Raab
LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday he expected the United States to follow suit with sanctions on Belarus after Britain and Canada imposed travel bans and asset f...
Thomson Reuters Oct 06, 2020
Italian held at Rome airport with endangered peregrine falcons
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian citizen was stopped by police at Rome airport and reported to magistrates for trying to enter the country with two endangered southern Asian peregrine falcons worth hundred...
Thomson Reuters Oct 06, 2020
French prosecutors open French Open match-fixing investigation
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - French prosecutors on Tuesday said they had opened an investigation into alleged match-fixing in a women's doubles match at the French Open. The prosecutors' office ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 06, 2020
Tesla disbands U.S. media relations team - Electrek
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc has dissolved its media relations team in the United States, news website Electrek reported on Tuesday, in yet another unconventional move by the world's most valuable automaker....
Thomson Reuters Oct 06, 2020
2020 U.S. ELECTION: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - Personal protection against COVID-19 became a flashpoint on the campaign trail after President Donald Trump removed his mask on his return to the White House from hospital. Rival Joe Biden...
Thomson Reuters Oct 06, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine may be ready by year-end: WHO's Tedros
GENEVA (Reuters) - A vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, without elaborating. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebre...
Thomson Reuters Oct 06, 2020
Exclusive: 'Big progress' in Brexit talks leaves EU seeing trade deal closer - sources
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain and the EU are close to agreement on reciprocal social security rights for their citizens after Brexit, two diplomatic sources said, with one describ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 06, 2020
'Trump defeats COVID' commemorative coin goes on sale
(Reuters) - The White House Gift Shop, which is not affiliated to the White House, has started taking pre-orders for a "President Donald J. Trump Defeats COVID" commemorative coin. Last in a series of...
Thomson Reuters Oct 06, 2020
