Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pro-independence movement in New Caledonia rejects legitimacy of ‘No’ vote
PARIS (Reuters) - New Caledonia's pro-independence movement on Monday rejected the outcome of Sunday's referendum in the French overseas territory which showed a majority opting to remain part of Fran...
Dec 13, 2021
Volkswagen plans to decide new gigafactory locations in H1, 2022
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen said on Monday it was looking at locations for planned battery cell plants in Spain and eastern Europe and the exact sites for its third and fourth gigafactories would be...
Dec 13, 2021
Queues form at English vaccine centres, testing kits run low
LONDON (Reuters) - Long queues of people formed at vaccine centres in major English cities on Monday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged all adults to get a booster shot, Reuters reporters said. ...
Dec 13, 2021
France’s Macron to pay tribute to Orban opponent at start of Hungary visit
By Krisztina Than and Ingrid Melander BUDAPEST/PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit the grave of philosopher Agnes Heller, an opponent of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban...
Dec 13, 2021
Abortion rights: U.S. restrictions buck the global trend in 2021
By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A record number of U.S. states have sought to restrict access to abortion this year, but countries including Argentina, Mexico and Thailand h...
Dec 13, 2021
Norway to tighten COVID-19 restrictions, PM says
OSLO (Reuters) -Norway will further tighten its coronavirus restrictions this week in order to limit the spread of the virus, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told news agency NTB on Monday. "The situ...
Dec 13, 2021
VP Harris secures new investment from companies like Pepsico, Cargill for Central America strategy
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will on Monday announce new investment in Central America from companies such as Pepsico and Cargill, that boost her efforts to...
Dec 13, 2021
From killer heatwaves to floods, climate change worsened weather extremes in 2021
By Lisa Shumaker and Andrea Januta (Reuters) - Extreme weather events in 2021 shattered records around the globe. Hundreds died in storms and heatwaves. Farmers struggled with drought, and in some cas...
Dec 13, 2021
Swiss court allows U.S. extradition of Russian businessman
ZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss court dismissed an appeal by a Kremlin-linked Russian businessman to block his extradition to the United States, rejecting his argument that he was a victim of a U.S. politi...
Dec 13, 2021
Analysis: Accusers place Ghislaine Maxwell at center of Epstein’s abuse, experts say
By Luc Cohen (Reuters) - Two weeks of emotional, explicit testimony at Ghislaine Maxwell's sex abuse trial from four women who said the British socialite groomed them as teenagers for deceased financi...
Dec 13, 2021
