Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China calls U.S. accusation of hacking in COVID-19 research "slander"
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry, asked about China-linked hackers breaking into U.S. COVID-19 research, said China opposed what it called slander from the United States. Foreign ministry ...
May 14, 2020
China's BGI gets Australian foothold through mass coronavirus test delivery
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia says its purchase of 10 million coronavirus test kits from Chinese genomics company BGI will not risk patient privacy, as researchers hope for greater pr...
May 14, 2020
Golf-McIlroy to play first three PGA Tour events when season resumes
(Reuters) - World number one Rory McIlroy says he is planning to play in the PGA Tour's first three tournaments when the season resumes next month after the COVID-19 disruption. The golf calendar has ...
May 14, 2020
Pandemic sends Japan April machine tool orders to lowest levels since 2010
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's machine tool orders in April fell to their lowest level in more than a decade, preliminary data showed on Thursday, in a sign the coronavirus pandemic is taking an deeper tol...
May 14, 2020
China says it will step up testing to prevent COVID-19 rebound
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it will step up COVID-19 testing and screening to prevent a rebound of the coronavirus epidemic that has killed more than 4,600 in its mainland territories. ...
May 14, 2020
India follows China's lead to widen use of coronavirus tracing app
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is aggressively pushing a state-backed contact tracing app to fight the spread of COVID-19, raising fears that the world's second-most populous nation ...
May 14, 2020
Russia's coronavirus cases pass 250,000, lowest daily rise in almost two weeks
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday reported 9,974 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, its lowest daily rise since May 2, bringing its nationwide tally to 252,245. Rus...
May 14, 2020
China faces increasing downward pressure on foreign trade this year: commerce ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - China faces increasing downward pressure on foreign trade this year due to the huge shock the coronavirus pandemic has caused to the world economy and global supply chains, the com...
May 14, 2020
Philippines evacuates hundreds of thousands as typhoon makes landfall
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine authorities started moving 200,000 people away from their homes in coastal and mountainous areas because of fears of flooding and landslides as a typhoon made landfall on...
May 14, 2020
Burundi expels national WHO head during election campaign
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Burundi is expelling the national head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) during a presidential election campaign where politicians have pressed ahead with large rallies despit...
May 14, 2020
