Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Health group CEPI to help fund Indian drugmaker's COVID-19 vaccine
BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) will help fund the production of a COVID-19 vaccine by Indian drugmaker Biological E. Ltd, the global epidemic response...
Dec 29, 2020
Russia imposes travel ban on German officials in response to sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it had added senior German security and intelligence officials to its list of individuals barred from entering the country, in a tit-for-tat response to sanct...
Dec 29, 2020
Gaza militants fire rockets into the sea in first joint exercise
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - An array of Palestinian militant groups launched rockets into the Mediterranean Sea off the Gaza Strip on Tuesday at the start of what they called their first-eve...
Dec 29, 2020
China's capital locks down part of district in coronavirus fight
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing sealed off 10 areas of its northeastern Shunyi district on Tuesday, the first lockdown in the Chinese capital since the last coronavirus outbreak in the months of June and ...
Dec 29, 2020
Turkey's top court rules Kavala's rights not violated -Anadolu
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's top court on Tuesday ruled that high-profile philanthropist Osman Kavala's detention had not violated his right to liberty and security, state media said, after he spent mo...
Dec 29, 2020
American Airlines to restart U.S. commercial Boeing 737 MAX flights
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - American Airlines is set to restart U.S. Boeing 737 MAX commercial flights on Tuesday, another milestone for the U.S. planemaker a...
Dec 29, 2020
Battle over $2,000 COVID-19 aid checks shifts to U.S. Senate
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unusual battle in Congress over President Donald Trump's demand for $2,000 coronavirus aid checks for Americans shifts on Tuesday to the Senate, where Republi...
Dec 29, 2020
Iran starts human testing of first domestic COVID-19 vaccine
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran launched human trials of its first domestic COVID-19 vaccine candidate, state media reported on Tuesday, which Tehran says could help it defeat the pandemic despite U.S. sanctio...
Dec 29, 2020
German exports down more than 12% this year due to pandemic -BGA
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's BGA trade association said on Tuesday it expects exports to shrink by at least 12% this year as demand from the United States and Britain collapsed due to the coronavirus ...
Dec 29, 2020
UK needs tighter COVID rules to avert new "catastrophe", epidemiologist warns
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government needs to bring in tighter coronavirus lockdown rules to avert a fresh wave of deaths from a new strain of the disease, a leading epidemiologist and government a...
Dec 29, 2020
