MUMBAI (Reuters) – India on Saturday reported a record daily jump in coronavirus infections, bringing the total to close to 3 million and putting pressure on authorities to restrict large gatherings when a major religious festival began. The 69,878 new infections – the fourth straight day above 60,000 – take …
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FILE PHOTO: A sign for BlackRock Inc hangs above his building in New York US, July 16, 2018. REUTERS / Lucas Jackson BEIJING (Reuters) – China has approved a joint wealth management venture between US asset manager BlackRock Inc (BLK.N), Singapore investor Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd and China Construction Bank …
Read More »WHO says children aged 12 and older should wear masks as adults
PHILO PHOTO: A boy wearing a protective face mask plays in a fountain after local authorities imposed lockdown restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, in Moscow, Russia June 12, 2020. REUTERS / Evgenia Novozhenina ZURICH (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) says children aged 12 and …
Read More »South Korea, China hold talks at the highest level since the outbreak of COVID-19
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Saturday that it was holding talks with China’s top diplomat on trade, denuclearization and the response to the coronavirus, in the first visit by a senior Beijing official since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. erupted last year. China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, …
Read More »China approves human tests for coronavirus vaccine grown in insect cells
PHILO PHOTO: A woman holding a small bottle labeled “Vaccine COVID-19” and a medical syringe in this illustration April 10, 2020. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration BEIJING (Reuters) – China has approved human tests for a potential coronavirus vaccine that is cultured inside insect cells, local government in the …
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