GENEVA (Reuters) – AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) The experimental vaccine COVID-19 is probably the world’s leading candidate and the most advanced in terms of development, the chief scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: The AstraZeneca logo is seen on medication packages at a pharmacy in London, …
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FILE PHOTO: President Rodrigo Duterte speaks at Davao International Airport in Davao City, Southern Philippines, on September 8, 2018. REUTERS / Lean Daval Jr HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam and the Philippines warned of growing insecurity in Southeast Asia at a regional summit on Friday amid concerns that China would step …
Read More »Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong says it will be the “primary target” of the new security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong believes he will be a “primary target” of the Beijing movement to impose national security legislation on the Chinese-ruled city, which critics say will crush its coveted freedoms. The law aims to address separatism, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign …
Read More »Oil stocks and increases despite growing cases of coronavirus
LONDON (Reuters) – Markets showed signs of optimism on Friday, with the opening of European stocks and rising oil prices despite a record number of new COVID-19 infections in the United States. FILE PHOTO: A man in a protective face mask walks past the London Stock Exchange Group building in …
Read More »Canada’s Trudeau rejects call to exchange Huawei executives for detainees in China
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday rejected a call to exchange a jailed Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] executive for two Beijing-held citizens, saying such a move would set a bad precedent and hurt Canada. FILE PHOTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a press conference …
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