Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Moderna exec: ‘eager’ to collaborate with China on supplying COVID vaccines
TOKYO (Reuters) - Moderna Inc Chief Medical Officer Paul Burton said on Wednesday the company is "eager" to collaborate with China on supplying its mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines to the country. The com...
Sep 21, 2022
Soccer-England’s FA calls for Qatar’s migrant workers to be compensated
(Reuters) - England's Football Association (FA) said on Wednesday families of migrant workers in Qatar who were injured or killed while constructing the infrastructure for this year's World Cup should...
Sep 21, 2022
Nigerian court orders striking lecturers to return to work
ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian court on Wednesday ordered lecturers at public universities to call off a strike over pay that has lasted seven months and disrupted classes. The lecturers are demanding h...
Sep 21, 2022
Nearly 1 million people face starvation in hunger hotspots – U.N. agencies
By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly one million people in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen are starving or will face starvation this year in the absence of aid, as the glo...
Sep 21, 2022
TikTok to verify political accounts in U.S., ban campaign fundraising
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - TikTok will begin requiring accounts belonging to U.S. government departments, politicians and political parties to be verified and will ban videos aimed at campaign fundrai...
Sep 21, 2022
1.2 million customers still without power in Puerto Rico after Fiona
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An estimated 1.2 million homes and businesses remain without power in Puerto Rico Wednesday morning after Hurricane Fiona slammed into the island on Sunday, causing an island-wide...
Sep 21, 2022
Tennis-I won’t become a tennis ghost, says Federer, ahead of final bow
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Roger Federer brings down the curtain on his illustrious career later this week but the Swiss maestro has assured his millions of fans that he will not become a ten...
Sep 21, 2022
Olympics-Modern pentathlon hopes obstacle race will secure spot in 2028 Games
By Karolos Grohmann (Reuters) - Modern pentathlon is hoping a new obstacle course race discipline set to replace horse riding will carry the sport to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics and a secure future ...
Sep 21, 2022
India to offer more incentives for local chip, display manufacturing
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's government on Wednesday raised fiscal support for new semiconductor facilities to cover 50% of project costs and said it will remove a ceiling for maximum permitted invest...
Sep 21, 2022
Don’t cook chicken in NyQuil, FDA warns after TikTok challenge
(Reuters) - Cooking chicken in cough medicine NyQuil is not only silly and unappetizing but can also be very unsafe, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said, following the "sleepy chicken" TikTok c...
Sep 21, 2022
