Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China’s Sinovac to invest $60 million in vaccine facility in Chile
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chinese pharmaceutical Sinovac Biotech Ltd on Wednesday said it will build a fill-and-finish vaccine plant in Chile with an investment of $60 million, consolidat...
Aug 04, 2021
Group backed by Uber, Lyft pushes Massachusetts gig worker ballot measure
By Nate Raymond and Tina Bellon BOSTON (Reuters) - A coalition of app-based companies, including Uber Technologies Inc, Lyft Inc and DoorDash Inc, on Wednesday took the first step to put a measure bef...
Aug 04, 2021
Nigeria seizes record $54 million in pangolin parts, elephant tusks
By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - Officials in Nigeria - a hub for illegal wildlife trafficking - have seized a record amount of pangolin scales and claws and elephant tusks as the government attempts...
Aug 04, 2021
China’s minors able to buy e-cigarettes despite ban – state media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese state media on Wednesday reported that many minors are able to purchase e-cigarettes in the country despite a ban on sales to under-18s and cited a child-protection expert...
Aug 04, 2021
Apprehension grows in Tunisia as political impasse drags on
By Angus McDowall and Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - President Kais Saied's delay in announcing a way forward 10 days after he seized executive power is jangling nerves among Tunisians, with friend and...
Aug 04, 2021
LinkedIn must face narrowed U.S. lawsuit claiming it overcharged advertisers
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. judge dismissed much but not all of a lawsuit accusing Microsoft Corp's LinkedIn of inflating the number of people who watch video ads on the networking platform...
Aug 04, 2021
Michigan man pleads guilty to U.S. Capitol riot charge, sentenced
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Michigan man who urged his social media followers to "take back our country" before the assault on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to time served...
Aug 04, 2021
PAHO health official cites faster COVID-19 spread in U.S., Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases are spreading faster in North America, especially in southern and eastern parts of the United States as well as central Mexico, the head of the U.N.-affiliate...
Aug 04, 2021
Global COVID-19 cases surpass 200 million as Delta variant spreads
By Roshan Abraham and Kavya B (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 200 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the more-infectious Delta variant threatens areas with low va...
Aug 04, 2021
Russia blocks online art community DeviantArt for not deleting content
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has blocked DeviantArt, an online community for artists and designers that is popular with Russians, over its failure to remove prohibited content, state communications regula...
Aug 04, 2021
