Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Vaxart says potential COVID-19 vaccine picked for 'Operation Warp Speed'
(Reuters) - Vaxart Inc said on Friday it would test its potential COVID-19 vaccine on monkeys in a study organized by the Trump Administration's vaccine-acceleration program called "Operation Warp Spe...
Jun 26, 2020
Video games group Ubisoft investigating allegations of misconduct
PARIS (Reuters) - French video games group Ubisoft said it was investigating allegations of misconduct at the company, which earlier media reports said centred around charges of sexual misconduct. "We...
Jun 26, 2020
J&J scraps late-stage study testing Stelara for lupus
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson's Janssen unit said on Friday it would discontinue a late-stage study testing its psoriatic arthritis drug Stelara as a treatment for lupus as it was not found to be effe...
Jun 26, 2020
Car crashes deadlier as drivers speed during lockdowns
By Lena Masri LONDON (Reuters) - Coronavirus lockdowns led to huge reductions in traffic and fewer car crashes this spring, but as drivers sped up on quieter roads, the collisions became deadlier in s...
Jun 26, 2020
Take Five: World stocks' 2020 rollercoaster ride rumbles on
1/HALF TIME World stocks have been on a rollercoaster ride in the first half of 2020. Having slumped 35% from Feb. 20 to March 23, they are now within 10% of February's record highs thanks to lashings...
Jun 26, 2020
Paris and Eugene Diamond League meetings scrapped due to coronavirus
(Reuters) - This year's Diamond League athletics meetings in Paris and Eugene have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers said on Friday. The organizers also confirmed the meeting at G...
Jun 26, 2020
Kremlin dismisses Japan's objection to geological survey in Okhotsk Sea
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday it had a sovereign right to carry out work in the Sea of Okhotsk off Russia's far eastern coast after a Japanese official objected to Moscow conducting a ...
Jun 26, 2020
Britain rescues its 'soft-power' branch after heavy COVID blow
By Luke Baker LONDON (Reuters) - The UK Treasury has stepped in to rescue the British Council from the brink of insolvency amid coronavirus woes, but it probably needs a longer-term solution, the chie...
Jun 26, 2020
Argentine doctors eye tough weeks ahead as COVID-19 cases near peak
By Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine doctors and health officials are predicting that coronavirus cases will peak in coming weeks as the southern hemisphere winter sets in, straining...
Jun 26, 2020
Navistar names Persio Lisboa as CEO
(Reuters) - Navistar International Corp named insider Persio Lisboa as its chief executive officer, effective July 1, the U.S. truck maker said on Friday. Lisboa, a 32-year veteran with the company, i...
Jun 26, 2020
