Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Genmab shares drop on legal battle with J&J over cancer drug
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Shares in Danish biotech firm Genmab fell as much as 14% on Wednesday after it said it was locked in a legal battle with its partner Johnson & Johnson over royalty payments for ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
Kenya harnesses fly larvae's appetite to process food waste
By George Obulutsa LIMURU, Kenya (Reuters) - Rotten bananas? Mushy avocados? Pulped oranges? Talash Huijbers wants them all. The 25-year-old is the founder of Insectipro, a Kenyan farm rearing black s...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
Philippines records 2,833 new coronavirus cases, 44 more deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines reported 2,833 newly confirmed coronavirus infections and 44 more deaths on Wednesday. In a bulletin, the health ministry said the Southeast Asian country's total co...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
Slovakia reports highest daily COVID-19 tally
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia on Wednesday reported its highest daily tally of new COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started, recording 338 infections the previous day, according to Health Ministry data...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
UK's new COVID measures met with scepticism, confusion
By Sarah Young and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - The British government on Wednesday defended its new, stricter coronavirus measures against criticism that they did not got far enough, saying it was ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
HK court rejects Joshua Wong's challenge to 2019 election disqualification
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court rejected on procedural grounds on Wednesday a challenge by pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong to his disqualification from district elections in the city last y...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
Lukashenko abruptly sworn in for new presidential term in Belarus
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus was sworn in for a new term on Wednesday, the official news agency Belta said, in a sudden inauguration conducted with no prior announcemen...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
ING: Transaction named in 'FinCEN' leaks was administrative mistake
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - ING Group NV on Wednesday hit back at reports citing the "FinCEN Files," that said a Polish ING subsidiary had altered the name of a Russian sender on sanctions blacklists on a l...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
Civil lawsuits filed over COVID-19 outbreak at Austrian ski resort Ischgl
VIENNA (Reuters) - A consumer rights group said on Wednesday it had filed civil lawsuits against the Austrian government over a coronavirus outbreak at the ski resort of Ischgl last winter, but it hel...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
Indonesia reports biggest daily rise in coronavirus cases
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 4,465 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the country's biggest daily rise, taking the total number of infections to 257,388, data from the country's health mini...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
