Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK facing real challenges with COVID testing capacity, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is facing real challenges with testing capacity for COVID-19 due to bottlenecks in laboratories, Justice minister Robert Buckland said on Wednesday. "Laboratory capacity has...
Sep 16, 2020
Ukraine reports record daily high in coronavirus deaths
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine registered a record 76 deaths related to the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the national security council said on Wednesday, up from a record of 72 deaths registered la...
Sep 16, 2020
Zara owner Inditex returns to profit in second-quarter
MADRID (Reuters) - Fashion retailer Inditex , owner of Zara, returned to quarterly profit in the three months from May to July but reported sales down 31% on the year-ago period as virus-wary consumer...
Sep 16, 2020
UK inflation fell but by less than expected in August
LONDON (Reuters) - British inflation fell by less than expected in August when consumer prices rose by 0.2%, official data showed on Wednesday, following a 1.0% rise in July. A Reuters poll of economi...
Sep 16, 2020
Hurricane Sally shifts from offshore U.S. oil fields, heavy rains to damp fuel demand
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Sally crawled offshore along the U.S. Gulf Coast on Wednesday, moving away from oil fields while soaking the region with heavy rains that could damp fuel de...
Sep 16, 2020
Global net zero emissions goal would require $1-2 trillion a year investment: study
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Achieving net zero emissions by mid-century would cost an estimated $1 trillion-$2 trillion a year of additional investments, or 1-1.5% of global gross domestic pro...
Sep 16, 2020
Alibaba Group opens China factory in new manufacturing initiative
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd announced a new business initiative for smart manufacturing on Wednesday called Xunxi Digital Technology Company, as part of which it is opening a pilot ...
Sep 16, 2020
Large fire in Italian city of Ancona, no casualties reported
MILAN (Reuters) - A large fire broke out near the port area of the Ancona, on Italy's Adriatic coast in the early hours of Wednesday morning, sending a huge column of flame and smoke into the air, off...
Sep 16, 2020
Czech Republic report 1,677 new cases of coronavirus, highest daily count
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's daily count of new coronavirus cases rose to 1,677 on Tuesday, the highest on record, as the country has been struggling with the resurgent pandemic. The overal...
Sep 16, 2020
Philippines says engaging Western pharma firms, despite Duterte anger
By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines continues to negotiate supply deals with a wide range of COVID-19 vaccine makers, its health ministry said on Wednesday, despite its president...
Sep 16, 2020
