Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK now has 240,000 doses of dexamethasone in stock or on order - health minister
b'b\'LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has increased the amount of dexamethasone it has in stock and on order to 240,000 doses, health minister Matt Hancock said on Wednesday, after a preliminary trial resul...
Jun 17, 2020
China to step up monetary easing to support the economy: cabinet
b'b\'BEIJING (Reuters) - China will step up monetary policy easing and keep liquidity "reasonably ample", the state cabinet said in a meeting chaired by premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday, as it looks to...
Jun 17, 2020
Chembio shares slump as FDA revokes emergency use of COVID-19 test
b'b\'(Reuters) - Shares of Chembio Diagnostics Inc slumped more than 60% on Wednesday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked the emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 antibod...
Jun 17, 2020
No need to stockpile COVID-19 steroid drug dexamethasone: Germany
b"b'BERLIN (Reuters) - There is no reason to stockpile the generic steroid drug dexamethasone, a German health ministry spokesman said on Wednesday, after British trial data showed it reduced death ra...
Jun 17, 2020
Trade war? U.S. battle over kitchen cabinets really a domestic dispute
b'b\'By Timothy Aeppel\\n(Reuters) - The anti-China trade mood has reached U.S. kitchens, where a battle is being waged over competing visions of where and how cabinets should be made.\\nOn one side a...
Jun 17, 2020
PepsiCo's Aunt Jemima brand to change name, logo: NBC News
b'b\'(Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc\\\'s Aunt Jemima pancake mix will change its name and image in an effort by the brand to distance itself from racial stereotypes, NBC News reported on Wednesday.\\nThe log...
Jun 17, 2020
Special Report: The pub and the pandemic - Regulars, suppliers, owner adrift in lockdown
b'b\'By Reade Levinson\\nLONDON (Reuters) - When the Greenwich Pensioner was built in 1827, the girl who would become Queen Victoria was 8 years old and John Quincy Adams was serving as the sixth pres...
Jun 17, 2020
French court finds Bashar al-Assad's uncle guilty over property fraud
b'b"PARIS (Reuters) - The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was found guilty of acquiring millions of euros worth of French property using funds diverted from the Syrian state and sentenced to...
Jun 17, 2020
EU calls for global alliance to buy COVID-19 vaccines up front
b'b\'BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission called on Wednesday for global leaders to cooperate to buy bulk quantities of potential COVID-19 vaccines, to avoid "harmful competition" in the race ...
Jun 17, 2020
Turkey still blocking defence plans for Poland, Baltics, say NATO allies
b'b\'BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - Turkey continues to block NATO defence plans for Poland and Baltic states despite a deal in London last year between Turkey\\\'s president and allied leaders, three all...
Jun 17, 2020
