Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French coronavirus infections set new post-lockdown high
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of people in France infected with coronavirus on Friday rose by 2,288 on Friday, a new post-lockdown high, following increases of 1,604 on Thursday and 1,695 on Wednesday,...
Aug 07, 2020
Lebanon's battered economy dealt fresh blow after port blast hits 'Achilles heel'
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Lebanon's economy, already sinking before the explosion that knocked out its main port, could now shrink by double the rate previously forecast for this year, ...
Aug 07, 2020
New clues on virus reproduction mystery; non-COVID vaccines may help
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Aug 07, 2020
U.S. FDA approves Roche, PTC Therapeutics' spinal muscular atrophy drug
(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Friday approved an oral treatment from Roche and PTC Therapeutics for spinal muscular atrophy, in adults and children two months of age and older. The drug, risdi...
Aug 07, 2020
Nokia's new CEO adopts wait and see strategy in 'dream job'
By Supantha Mukherjee and Anne Kauranen STOCKHOLM/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia's new chief executive Pekka Lundmark said he will take time to re-acquaint himself with the Finnish telecom equipment maker...
Aug 07, 2020
U.S. pandemic worse than Mexico, Lopez Obrador says after travel warning
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday the United States had greater problems from the coronavirus than his country, a day after the U.S. State Depa...
Aug 07, 2020
U.S. officials find 'sophisticated' smuggling tunnel on Mexican border
By Mimi Dwyer LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have discovered an unfinished 1,300-foot (400-meter) tunnel under the U.S.-Mexico border, calling it an unusually sophisticated smuggling route c...
Aug 07, 2020
EU drops Morocco from safe country travel list
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union removed Morocco from its safe list of countries from which the bloc allows non-essential travel, after a review by EU ambassadors on Friday. The ...
Aug 07, 2020
Democratic senators voice 'growing concerns' over electoral interference
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic senators say they are increasingly concerned about the targeting of Congress by foreign actors in an effort to "launder and amplify disinformation" ...
Aug 07, 2020
Livent CEO to EV industry: sign better deals or risk lithium supply
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - The electric vehicle industry must pay more for lithium in order to spur investment and prevent future supply crunches of the battery metal, the chief executive of lithi...
Aug 07, 2020
