Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Taiwan president to pledge strong defences as China tensions rise
By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will pledge to strengthen the island's defences and work more with regional partners on security in a major speech on Sa...
Oct 09, 2020
Europe records 100,000 daily coronavirus cases for first time
By Sangameswaran S and Shaina Ahluwalia (Reuters) - Europe surpassed 100,000 daily reported COVID-19 cases for the first time on Thursday, after countries such as Russia and United Kingdom saw no resp...
Oct 09, 2020
Aeroflot to raise $1 billion in Russia’s first state-backed rescue of pandemic
By Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Aeroflot said on Friday the state would take up 50 billion roubles worth of its 80-billion rouble ($1 billion) new share offering, a vital cash injection for Russi...
Oct 09, 2020
Broadway theaters sound alarm as closure extended through May 2021
(Reuters) - Broadway theaters on Friday extended a coronavirus shutdown until the end of May 2021, bringing the closure of one of New York City's biggest tourist attractions to more than a year and fo...
Oct 09, 2020
Upside, downside, why the U.S. fiscal feud could make a difference
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While the erratic talks between congressional Democrats and the Trump administration over further federal pandemic relief have resumed, an inability to strik...
Oct 09, 2020
U.S. Midwest sees record one-day increase in COVID-19 cases, hospitals strained
By Lisa Shumaker CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Midwest has reported the most new case of COVID-19 in a single day since the pandemic started, straining hospitals, according to a Reuters analysis. The d...
Oct 09, 2020
U.S. blacklists Nicaraguan officials, financial institution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on two Nicaraguan officials and a financial institution in the latest effort by Washington to put pressure on the leftist governmen...
Oct 09, 2020
Myanmar-born ‘dreamer’ snaps up U.S. drilling leases amid industry malaise
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - A Myanmar-born perfume entrepreneur and missionary has snapped up nearly half of the oil and gas leases offered by the Trump administration since August, saying the corona...
Oct 09, 2020
McConnell says airline aid should be part of COVID aid but future is ‘murky’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday said the prospect for more COVID-19 federal aid, including additional relief for airlines, was "murky" with less than one m...
Oct 09, 2020
Sobi shares fall 16% as Avatrombopag study fails to meet primary endpoint
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Rare disease drug maker Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sobi) said on Friday that its phase 3 study of Avatrombopag had not met its primary endpoint, sending the company's shares sharp...
Oct 09, 2020
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