MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish virologists have found traces of the new coronavirus in a sample of Barcelona wastewater collected in March 2019, nine months before the COVID-19 disease was identified in China, the University of Barcelona said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the Novel Coronavirus 2019 …
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ROCK HILL, SC (Reuters) – When Texas reopened bars for Memorial Day weekend last month, locked-in millennials and Gen Zers made the most of it, circumventing social distancing rules to pack clubs and pressing their credit card expenses in the next two weeks at 2019 levels. FILE PHOTO: The Handlebar …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four decades after launching its campaign for the US state, Washington, DC, it was on the verge of taking a step toward becoming the 51st state, as the House of Representatives approved its admission on Friday. The bill passed in the Democrats-controlled House by a 232-180 vote, …
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FILE PHOTO: A medical worker in a protective suit collects swabs from construction workers for nucleic acid testing after a new outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China, June 25, 2020. cnsphoto via REUTERS / File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – Mainland China on Saturday reported the highest number of …
Read More »Filipino Lawyer Says He Has Been Charged For Wirecard’s Lost Billions
MANILA / SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A Filipino lawyer involved in a billion-dollar Wirecard fraud Mark Tolentino told Reuters he was surprised to be linked to the German payments firm and was “the victim of a trap.” . ” Lawyer Mark Tolentino poses in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines, in this …
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