Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hardest hit German state Saxony to give COVID-19 shot to younger children early
By Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The German state of Saxony, among the hardest hit by surging COVID-19 infections, will start vaccinating at-risk children under 12 years of ag...
Dec 07, 2021
Brazil’s Amaggi only soy firm with “A” score for tackling deforestation – statement
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian farm conglomerate Amaggi became the only global soy production and trading company to get an "A" score for tackling deforestation, according to a 2021 ranki...
Dec 07, 2021
U.S. SEC chair Gensler says new climate risk rules will require companies to detail, measure commitments to mitigating climate change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) told an audience of public company executives on Tuesday that its pending climate risk disclosure rules will requir...
Dec 07, 2021
Portugal recommends COVID-19 vaccine for 5-11 year olds
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's health authority DGS gave the green light on Tuesday for the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of five and 11. A total of 637,90...
Dec 07, 2021
Exclusive: Up to 1 million COVID vaccines wasted in Nigeria last month
By Edward McAllister, Libby George and Stephanie Nebehay DAKAR (Reuters) - Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, two sources told ...
Dec 07, 2021
Amazon services down for thousands of users – Downdetector.com
(Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc's services including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Prime Video and its namesake e-commerce website were down for thousands of users on Tuesday, according to outage tracking webs...
Dec 07, 2021
Britain reports 45,691 new COVID-19 cases, 180 more deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 45,691 new COVID-19 cases and 180 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test on Tuesday, government statistics showed. Cases are up 12.1% over the last se...
Dec 07, 2021
U.S. warns 5G wireless use could prompt flight diversions
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday warned that interference from planned use of 5G wireless spectrum poses an air safety risk and could resul...
Dec 07, 2021
Olympics-China’s men’s ice hockey team will participate at Beijing Games: IIHF
(Reuters) - Hosts China will participate in the men's Olympic ice hockey event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) said on Tuesday after having previously expr...
Dec 07, 2021
Discord begins testing premium subscriptions in creator economy push
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Chat platform Discord will launch a pilot test to let content creators sell subscriptions for access to their online communities, the company said on Tuesday, as it aims to ...
Dec 07, 2021
