Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Blood of recovered COVID-19 patients shows little benefit as treatment
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Using blood of recovered COVID-19 patients - or so-called convalescent plasma - as a potential treatment is of little benefit in helping hospitalised patients fight ...
Oct 22, 2020
Sewage can reveal COVID outbreaks, UK project finds
LONDON (Reuters) - Traces of COVID-19 can be successfully detected in sewage, helping to give health officials an early warning of local outbreaks of the virus, the British government said on Friday. ...
Oct 22, 2020
UK consumer sentiment falls by most since start of pandemic: GfK
LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer sentiment fell this month by the most since a slump at the start of the coronavirus pandemic as lockdown restrictions tightened across much of the country, accordin...
Oct 22, 2020
UK plans for self-driving cars threaten safety: insurance group
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - British government plans that could allow self-driving cars on motorways as soon as 2021 would put lives at risk because the available automated technology falls well ...
Oct 22, 2020
Investors will hoard gold even faster next year, keeping prices high: Refinitiv
By Peter Hobson LONDON (Reuters) - Demand for gold from jewellers and central banks will remain sharply lower in 2021 than before coronavirus, but investors will keep prices high by stockpiling record...
Oct 22, 2020
UK COVID-19 salary scheme fraud may hit $5 billion, watchdog says
LONDON (Reuters) - British companies may have fraudulently claimed up to 3.9 billion pounds ($5.1 billion) in public money by accepting funds from a salary support scheme while ordering furloughed sta...
Oct 22, 2020
Venezuela's Maduro, citing Pope, asks congress to consider same-sex marriage
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday asked the country's National Assembly to discuss same-sex marriage during its next term beginning in January, citing Pope Francis' c...
Oct 22, 2020
No. 1 seed Goffin ousted by Giron in Antwerp
American qualifier Marcos Giron pulled off an upset of Belgium's David Goffin on Thursday at the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium, knocking out No. 1 seed in straight sets. Giron, ranked No. 94, took...
Oct 22, 2020
Europe daily coronavirus cases double in 10 days, reports 200,000 daily cases for the first time
By Anurag Maan and Shaina Ahluwalia (Reuters) - Europe's reported coronavirus cases more than doubled in 10 days, crossing 200,000 daily infections for the first time on Thursday, according to a Reute...
Oct 22, 2020
California drivers sue Uber over in-app messages asking to support ballot measure
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - California Uber Technologies Inc drivers on Thursday sued the ride-hailing company over in-app messages regarding an upcoming gig worker ballot measure that the drivers say ...
Oct 22, 2020
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