Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Keenly-watched COVID-19 vaccine 'won't be expensive', developer says
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A keenly-watched COVID-19 vaccine will be priced to allow as wide as possible access to it, if it proves successful, and will be made at huge scale to keep costs dow...
May 15, 2020
German conservatives won't nominate Merkel successor before December: RND
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Christian Democrats will not hold an extraordinary party congress to choose their candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel before December, the RND media group report...
May 15, 2020
ATP Tour suspension extended to July 31 due to COVID-19 pandemic
(Reuters) - The suspension of the ATP Tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been further extended until July 31, the ATP announced on Friday. ATP events in Hamburg, Bastad, Newport, Los Cabos, Gstaad,...
May 15, 2020
U.S. health secretary expresses confidence in Abbott's fast COVID-19 test
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Trump administration official said on Friday the government still has confidence in Abbott Laboratories' speedy coronavirus test, which is used at the White House but whic...
May 15, 2020
Fiat Chrysler in talks over 6.3 billion euro state-guaranteed loan: source
MILAN (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler is in talks with Italian lender Intesa Sanpaolo over a 6.3 billion euro ($6.8 billion) state-guaranteed loan to help the automaker weather the coronavirus crisis, a sou...
May 15, 2020
New date for intra-Afghan peace talks under discussion, Khalilzad says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new date for intra-Afghan peace talks is under discussion and the United States has heard positive things about the formation of an inclusive Afghan government, U.S. Special R...
May 15, 2020
UK coronavirus death toll rises 384 to 33,998: government
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people who have died in the United Kingdom after testing positive to COVID-19 rose by 384 to 33,998, Britain's health ministry said on Friday. The number of deaths was...
May 15, 2020
In quarantined Venezuela, karate champion takes training to living room
By Manaure Quintero CARACAS (Reuters) - Accustomed to working out among Venezuela's best youth karate athletes, 16-year-old Ricardo Perez now trains between four barstools and two black leather couche...
May 15, 2020
London streets to go car-free to encourage walking and cycling
LONDON (Reuters) - Cars will be banished from miles of streets in central London to encourage more walking and cycling and help public transport cope with social distancing restrictions, the city's ma...
May 15, 2020
Moscow rolls out mass coronavirus antibody testing programme
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow began testing thousands of randomly-chosen residents for coronavirus antibodies on Friday under a mass screening programme authorities hope will help them determine when it i...
May 15, 2020
