Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lloyd’s of London plans electric vehicle, hydrogen insurance in climate change fight
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London plans to develop insurance products for electric vehicles and hydrogen as part of its efforts to fight climate change, the specialist insurance market said on Thur...
Jul 28, 2021
UK car output up a third after slump but sector warns of chip shortage
By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - British car production rose by nearly a third in the first half of 2021 from last year's slump, but remained down on the five-year average as the sector warned that ...
Jul 28, 2021
Britain’s climate getting warmer, sunnier and wetter – Met Office
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Recent decades in Britain have been warmer, wetter and sunnier than in the last century, with last year the third warmest on record, a report by climate scientists ...
Jul 28, 2021
SoftBank sells 45 million shares in Uber – source
By Echo Wang (Reuters) - SoftBank is selling about 45 million of its shares in Uber Technologies Inc, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. Uber shares were down 4.6% at $44 in ...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Teenage skater gets legal surprise on return to Brazil
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's youngest Olympic medallist, Rayssa Leal, arrived home on Wednesday to find a lawyer she did not know had trademarked her nickname because she was worried unscrupulous bu...
Jul 28, 2021
Baseball-Nationals game postponed due to COVID-19 issues
(Reuters) - The Washington Nationals' game against the host Philadelphia Phillies, originally scheduled to be played on Wednesday, has been postponed to allow for further COVID-19 testing involving me...
Jul 28, 2021
Houston man pleads guilty in scheme to sell $317 million bogus masks to Australian state
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A Texas man has pleaded guilty to involvement in a scheme to fraudulently sell 50 million N95 respirator masks he did not have for $317.6 million to the government of Ne...
Jul 28, 2021
Dell stops some U.S. gaming PC shipments over new efficiency rules
(Reuters) - PC maker Dell Technologies Inc said it has stopped shipping some versions of its powerful gaming systems to California and five other states because the products do not meet new energy eff...
Jul 28, 2021
Tunisian president replaces head of television station
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian President Kais Saied removed the head of the national television station, Mohamed al-Dahach, on Wednesday and appointed a temporary replacement, his office said, after calls...
Jul 28, 2021
U.S. looks to leverage African diaspora in trade with Africa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to tap the African diaspora in the United States to bolster trade with Africa, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, in a push to work with people wh...
Jul 28, 2021
