Author Archives: Syndicated Content
New Zealanders protest over death of George Floyd
(Reuters) - Thousands of New Zealanders marched peacefully on Monday chanting "Black Lives Matter" in solidarity with George Floyd, a black American who died in police custody in the United States las...
Jun 01, 2020
Saudi central bank provides $13.3 billion to support bank liquidity
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi central bank said it provided 50 billion riyals ($13.3 billion) to support liquidity in the banking sector, according to a statement on twitter on Monday. The stimulus meas...
Jun 01, 2020
Hyundai Motor's May sales down 39% as virus hits auto demand
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Hyundai Motor said on Monday its provisional May sales fell 39% on year to 217,510 vehicles globally, as the impact of COVID-19 continued to hit global auto demand in k...
Jun 01, 2020
Exclusive: Russia, after approving Japanese COVID-19 drug, to roll out 'game changer' next week
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will start administering its first approved antiviral drug to treat coronavirus patients next week, its state financial backer told Reuters, a move it descri...
Jun 01, 2020
AstraZeneca's heart drug gets FDA nod
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its drug for reducing the risk of a first heart attack or stroke in high-risk patients with coronary arter...
Jun 01, 2020
South Africa partly lifts lockdown to try to fix battered economy
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa partly lifted a two month-old coronavirus lockdown on Monday, letting people outside for work, worship, exercise or shopping, and allowing mines and ...
Jun 01, 2020
AstraZeneca-Merck Lynparza gets EMA's positive recommendation
(Reuters) - Drugmakers AstraZeneca Plc and Merck & Co Inc said on Monday their blockbluster cancer drug, Lynparza, has received positive recommendation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) as a ma...
Jun 01, 2020
Japan parliament to debate second extra budget for pandemic relief next week
By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government will submit to parliament early next week a second extra budget to fund a new $1.1 trillion stimulus package to cushion the ...
Jun 01, 2020
No time to waste?: Five questions for the ECB
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank meets on Thursday with investors hoping that policymakers will deliver yet more stimulus for an economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. A 1.85 trillio...
Jun 01, 2020
Scientists hunt pandemic hotspots in race to test vaccines
By Kate Kelland and Julie Steenhuysen LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic may be waning. For vaccine developers, that could be a problem. Scientists in Europe and the Un...
Jun 01, 2020
