LONDON (Reuters) – Global equities dipped on Friday as eurozone data did not bode well for investors already worried about insufficient Chinese economic numbers and a slowdown in US fiscal stimulus. FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian in the offices of the London Stock Exchange in the City of London, UK, 29 …
Read More »People should not be afraid of spreading COVID-19 in food, packaging: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Thursday it saw no evidence that coronavirus was spread through food or packaging and urged people not to be afraid of the virus entering the food chain. PHOTO PHOTO: Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks …
Read More »‘We do not need war’: Belarus frees prisoners to protest
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian leadership has released thousands of detainees and on Thursday offered a rare public apology in a bid to stop national street protests posing the biggest challenge to President Alexander Lukashenko’s 26-year rule. People greet each other during an opposition match to protest against police violence and …
Read More »Novavax delivers 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine candidate to UK
(Reuters) – US drug developer Novavax Inc said on Friday that the UK would buy 60 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373. FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled “Vaccine COVID-19” and a medical syringe in this illustration April 10, 2020. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / …
Read More »‘Little brown girl’: Australian Biden-Harris cartoons spark furore
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A comic strip story in Australia’s largest national newspaper on Friday drew condemnation as racist for portraying US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden who described his new running mate, Kamala Harris, as “this little brown girl “. PHILO PHOTO: U.S. Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris …
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