Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Israeli firm uses air and water to store solar energy for nighttime
KIBBUTZ YAHEL, Israel (Reuters) - The southern tip of Israel is a rocky desert where solar panels are abundant and the sun, when shining, is the source of nearly all electricity. Once it sets, however...
Dec 13, 2021
First UK patient has died from omicron variant – Sky
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday the first patient had died after contracting the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Sky news reported. (Reporting by Michael Hol...
Dec 13, 2021
Pfizer to buy Arena Pharmaceuticals for $6.7 billion
(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc has agreed to acquire Arena Pharmaceuticals in a $6.7 billion all-cash deal to expand its cancer and inflammatory disease treatment pipeline, the companies said on Monday. Pfizer...
Dec 13, 2021
SoftBank SPAC to take Symbotic public in $5.5 billion deal
(Reuters) - Symbotic, an artificial intelligence-based supply chain technology startup, said on Monday it would go public through a merger with a blank-check firm backed by SoftBank Group Corp in a de...
Dec 13, 2021
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
