Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pfizer’s breast cancer drug Ibrance fails late-stage study
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Friday its cancer drug Ibrance did not meet the main goal in a late-stage trial in patients with a type of breast cancer, the latest setback in the company's attempt to ...
Oct 09, 2020
Tokyo marathon 2021 postponed until after Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns
(Reuters) - Next year's Tokyo marathon has been rescheduled from March to until after the delayed Olympics due to the ongoing concerns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Friday https:...
Oct 09, 2020
Nepal warns of healthcare crisis as coronavirus infections cross 100,000
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's total coronavirus infections passed 100,000 on Friday, the health ministry said, and are rising at a faster rate than both Pakistan and Bangladesh which h...
Oct 09, 2020
Spain invokes state of emergency for Madrid lockdown
By Inti Landauro MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Socialist-led government invoked a state of emergency on Friday to impose a partial lockdown for several million people in Madrid, one of Europe's worst COV...
Oct 09, 2020
French aid worker describes years in captivity in Mali desert
By Paul Lorgerie BAMAKO (Reuters) - At one point during her four years in the hands of jihadist militants in northern Mali, French aid worker Sophie Petronin said she felt like giving up hope. She wan...
Oct 09, 2020
China finds African Swine fever in piglets in Chongqing
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's agriculture ministry confirmed on Friday African Swine Fever in piglets illegally transported to the southwestern city of Chongqing, the first reported outbreak since July ...
Oct 09, 2020
Swiss report record daily number of new coronavirus infections
ZURICH (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus infections in Switzerland and Liechtenstein rose by 1,487 in a day, a record, data https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemie...
Oct 09, 2020
Explainer: How Georgia could leave voters guessing until January about U.S. Senate control
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the dust settles next month and all the ballots are counted, Americans still may not know until January which party will control the U.S. Senate for the nex...
Oct 09, 2020
With pandemic dominating U.S. election, older voters turning away from Trump
By Chris Kahn and James Oliphant NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many older Americans have turned away from President Donald Trump this year as the coronavirus ravages the country, eroding an important Republica...
Oct 09, 2020
Special Report: For Black South African rugby player, a COVID victory, and loss
By Tim Cocks CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Reuters) - On Broadhurst Cona's fifth night in the COVID-19 ward of Cape Town's Groote Schuur Hospital, the patient in the bed next to him was giving up. The man ...
Oct 09, 2020
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