Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia records more than 10,000 deaths linked to coronavirus in July - stats agency
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia registered 10,079 deaths linked to suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19, data from the state statistics service Rosstat showed on Friday. The virus had been the main caus...
Sep 04, 2020
France reports 8,975 new daily COVID-19 infections, setting a record high
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 8,975 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, setting an all-time high of daily additional infections since the disease started to spread in the...
Sep 04, 2020
Softbank bets heavily on option purchases, primarily in tech sector: sources
(Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp made significant option purchases in the U.S. stock market in recent weeks as a way of temporarily investing some of its proceeds from asset sales, people familiar with...
Sep 04, 2020
'I am praying': captain's texts tell of ordeal of capsized cattle ship
By Karen Lema and Peter Blaza MANILA (Reuters) - The last time Marielle June Chunanon heard from her partner Dante Addug aboard the storm-struck Gulf Livestock 1, he told her he was frightened, and pr...
Sep 04, 2020
Belarus opposition leader calls for U.N. monitoring mission
By Jonathan Landay and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on the United Nations on Friday to condemn the crackdown by President Alexan...
Sep 04, 2020
COVID vaccine must be proven safe before mass rollout - WHO's chief scientist
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation's chief scientist said on Friday that no vaccine for the new coronavirus should be approved for a worldwide rollout until it had undergone sufficient s...
Sep 04, 2020
Brazil's Tecpar to trial Russian COVID-19 vaccine in early 2021
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - The technology institute for the Brazilian state of Paran, which has agreed to produce Russia's "Sputnik-V" COVID-19 vaccine, said on Friday it plans to conduct ...
Sep 04, 2020
Serbia, Kosovo agreed to normalize economic ties, Trump says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Serbia and Kosovo have agreed to normalize economic ties, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday, hailing what he called a "major breakthrough" more than a decade after Koso...
Sep 04, 2020
Messi says he will stay at Barcelona after all
(Reuters) - Lionel Messi ended intense speculation about his future on Friday by saying he will remain with Barcelona for another year. The Argentine six-times world player of the year had told the cl...
Sep 04, 2020
Spike in coronavirus cases in Gaza worries main U.N. aid group
GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza has reported hundreds of coronavirus infections since the first case emerged in the general population last week, and a U.N. aid group warned that a lack of key medical items inc...
Sep 04, 2020
