Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Aurora releases tool to gauge safety of self-driving systems
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Aurora, the Silicon Valley self-driving startup founded by former Tesla, Uber and Google executives, has released what it says is the industry's first tool for evaluating w...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. Justice Department says Missouri state gun law is unconstitutional
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's Justice Department is stepping up its fight against a new state law in Missouri that aims to invalidate many federal gun regulations, say...
Aug 18, 2021
Cigna requires employees returning to office to be fully vaccinated
(Reuters) - Cigna Corp said on Wednesday it requires its employees working remotely to be fully vaccinated before entering any U.S. worksite from Sept. 7, as infections from the Delta variant of the c...
Aug 18, 2021
Bulgaria reports African swine fever outbreak at industrial farm
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian veterinary authorities on Wednesday reported an outbreak of African swine fever at an industrial farm with 13,000 pigs in the central village of Apriltsi. Bulgaria's Food S...
Aug 18, 2021
Court rejects ‘shockingly low’ 4-year sentence for NY woman who aided Islamic State
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out what it called a "shockingly low" four-year prison term for a Brooklyn woman who admitted to supporting Isl...
Aug 18, 2021
Greek firefighters battle growing forest blaze near Athens
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek firefighters on Wednesday battled a wildfire raging through one of the last remaining pine forests near Athens and said that homes could be at risk. More than 500 wildfires ha...
Aug 18, 2021
Afghan envoy says hold-out Panjshir province can resist Taliban rule
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - The Afghan ambassador to Tajikistan on Wednesday rejected Taliban rule of his country and said hold-out Panjshir province, north of Kabul, would serve as a stronghold for resistan...
Aug 18, 2021
Athletics-Olympic medallist Seidel to run New York City Marathon
(Reuters) - Olympic bronze medallist Molly Seidel will make her New York City Marathon debut in November as part of a field that includes former Boston Marathon champion Des Linden, organisers said on...
Aug 18, 2021
Roche gets FDA approval for diagnostic tumour test
ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration for its Ventana MMR RxDx panel, a diagnostic test to help identify patients with solid tumours which could tu...
Aug 18, 2021
CDC says vaccine protectiveness slipped amid Delta variant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New data confirms that vaccine protection against COVID-19 has decreased for the Delta variant of the virus, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochell...
Aug 18, 2021
