Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ethiopian security forces committed 39 extrajudicial killings: Amnesty
By Dawit Endeshaw and Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian security forces in the Oromiya region have executed 39 opposition supporters and arrested thousands of others accused of being...
May 29, 2020
India's Sun Pharma to conduct clinical trial of pancreatitis drug in COVID-19 patients
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said on Friday that it received Indian regulatory approval to start clinical trials of pancreatitis drug nafamostat mesilate in COVID-...
May 29, 2020
Biden losing economic argument to Trump as U.S. begins to re-open
By James Oliphant and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is trusted more than Democratic nominee Joe Biden to handle the economy, polls show, even with more t...
May 29, 2020
U.S. hospitals slash use of drug championed by Trump as coronavirus treatment
By Michael Erman and Deena Beasley NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. hospitals said they have pulled way back on the use of hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump as a COVID-19 ...
May 29, 2020
Fed's Powell to speak as focus turns from crisis to bond-buying
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will speak in a public webcast on Friday, with the details of the U.S. central bank's coronavirus-era programs nearly com...
May 29, 2020
Sanofi's head of vaccines leaves for smaller competitor Ipsen
By Matthias Blamont PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi's head of vaccines David Loew will quit to become chief executive of Ipsen from July 1, the two French drugmakers said on Friday. The announcement comes at...
May 29, 2020
Racially charged violence rages for third night in Minneapolis
By Carlos Barria and Eric Miller MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A third night of racially charged arson, looting and vandalism gripped Minneapolis as protesters vented rage over the death of an unarmed black...
May 29, 2020
Taiwan decriminalises adultery in landmark ruling
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's constitutional court on Friday decriminalised adultery in a landmark judgment aimed at upholding personal rights and privacy, scrapping a law that activists said discrimina...
May 29, 2020
Plunging crude prices drag euro zone inflation to four-year low
BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation continued to plunge on crashing oil prices but underlying price growth held steady, a hopeful sign for European Central Bank policymakers desperately...
May 29, 2020
Ukraine expects $5 billion IMF loan approval on June 5 - PM
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine expects the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to approve a $5 billion (4.05 billion pounds) loan package at a board meeting on June 5 and the first tranche of $1.9 billion to ...
May 29, 2020
