Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French COVID cases spike again, ICU figure at three-month high
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of French people treated in intensive care units for COVID-19 rose for the twentieth straight day on Wednesday to a three-month high of 803, while the number of new daily ...
Sep 16, 2020
France reins in 2020 recession forecast to -10%: sources
PARIS (Reuters) - France's recession will be less deep this year than previously expected, translating into a slightly lower public sector budget deficit, Finance Ministry sources said on Wednesday. T...
Sep 16, 2020
Top U.S. health agency spokesman Caputo to go on leave of absence
(Reuters) - Michael Caputo, the top communications official at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will take a two-month-long leave of absence, the agency said on Wednesday. The ne...
Sep 16, 2020
Top medical expert says Ontario needs smaller classes as COVID-19 cases accelerate
By Moira Warburton and Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) - Classes in Canada's high risk schools should ideally have 20 or fewer students so children can maintain safe distance from each other, a top ...
Sep 16, 2020
Exclusive: Electric vehicle charge network ChargePoint nears deal to go public - sources
By Joshua Franklin and Ben Klayman (Reuters) - ChargePoint Inc, one of the world's oldest and largest electric vehicle charging networks, is nearing a deal to go public through a reverse merger with S...
Sep 16, 2020
Pakistan opens criminal probes into 50 pilots, 5 civil aviation officials -sources
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has opened criminal investigations into 50 pilots and at least five civil aviation officials who allegedly helped them falsify credentials to secure lice...
Sep 16, 2020
Erdogan told Germany's Merkel: Turkish drill ship did not end operations in east Med
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a video call on Wednesday that the docking of Turkey's Oruc Reis seismic survey vessel for maintenance does not ...
Sep 16, 2020
Italy could have AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots by end November, IRBM biotech says
ROME (Reuters) - Italy could have its first shots of British drugmaker AstraZeneca's potential COVID-19 vaccine by the end of November, the managing director of IRBM told Reuters. Biotech firm IRBM, w...
Sep 16, 2020
Mount Wilson Observatory safe from Los Angeles fires
By Mimi Dwyer (Reuters) - The Mount Wilson Observatory is no longer at risk in a wildfire burning in the mountains surrounding Los Angeles, a spokesperson for the United States Forest Service said Wed...
Sep 16, 2020
WHO director warns Latin America is opening too early, COVID-19 still a risk
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Latin America has started to resume normal social and public life at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic still requires major control interventions, the World Health Organization re...
Sep 16, 2020
