Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In Europe’s first, Spain aims to introduce paid menstrual leave
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's leftist coalition government on Tuesday approved a draft bill to reinforce abortion rights and make Spain the first country in Europe to offer state-funded paid leave for wo...
May 17, 2022
Tooth from Laotian cave sheds light on enigmatic extinct humans
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A young girl's tooth excavated from a cave wall in northeastern Laos is providing new insight into the mysterious extinct human species called Denisovans and reve...
May 17, 2022
North Korea COVID outbreak is ‘worrying’ for new variants -WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) -A senior World Health Organization official said on Tuesday that high levels of transmission of the coronavirus among unvaccinated people, such as in North Korea, creates a higher ri...
May 17, 2022
U.S. traffic deaths jump 10.5% in 2021 to highest number since 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. traffic deaths jumped 10.5% in 2021 to 42,915 - the highest number killed on American roads in a single-year since 2005, U.S. regulators said Tuesday in its preliminary est...
May 17, 2022
Argo launches non-commercial driverless vehicles in Miami, Austin
By Tina Bellon AUSTIN (Reuters) - Self-driving startup Argo AI on Tuesday said it had launched driverless vehicles in Miami, Florida and Austin, Texas, but added the vehicles initially were used for i...
May 17, 2022
G7 to discuss crypto-asset regulation, says French central banker
PARIS (Reuters) - The regulation of crypto-assets is likely to be discussed at a meeting of Group of Seven finance chiefs this week in Germany, French central bank head Francois Villeroy de Galhau sai...
May 17, 2022
EU to make significant contributions to Ukraine, other G7 members might too- Yellen
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is likely to make significant financial contributions to keep Ukraine going, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday, adding she would look to G7 m...
May 17, 2022
Motor vehicles boost U.S. business inventories in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business inventories increased slightly more than expected in March, lifted by a jump in motor vehicle stocks, government data showed on Tuesday. Business inventories rose ...
May 17, 2022
U.S. Democrats unveil bill to address baby formula shortage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a bill to provide $28 million to the Food and Drug Administration to help respond to a nationwide shortage of infant formula. House of Re...
May 17, 2022
U.S. FDA clears Pfizer’s COVID booster shot for young children
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of a booster shot of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, the regulator said on Tuesday. The author...
May 17, 2022
