Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Greece to receive first 33,600 doses of J&J COVID-19 vaccine this week
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will get a first tranche of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19 on Wednesday and will start inoculating people with it next week, a senior health minis...
Apr 12, 2021
Nvidia, Volvo Cars accelerate auto industry’s data-processing power race
By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) - Volvo Cars said Monday it will use a new generation of high-powered chips from Nvidia Corp to enable more autonomous driving functions in future vehicles, starting ...
Apr 12, 2021
At least 34 migrants dead as boat capsizes off Djibouti, IOM says
NAIROBI (Reuters) - At least 34 people drowned when a boat carrying migrants from Yemen capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Monday. The boat,...
Apr 12, 2021
Italian region rejects Draghi’s ‘stupid’ vaccine guidelines
By Reuters Staff ROME (Reuters) - The head of Italy's southern Campania region said on Monday he would ignore a government order to give the elderly vaccination priority and would instead focus on wor...
Apr 12, 2021
Kraft Heinz ‘Mayochup’ dispute revived by U.S. appeals court
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court said a man who created a mayonnaise-ketchup blend he called "Metchup" cannot sue Kraft Heinz Co for selling a similar condiment called "Mayochup," ...
Apr 12, 2021
France reports nearly 6,000 COVID-19 intensive care patients
PARIS (Reuters) - The French health ministry reported that the number of patients in intensive care units with COVID-19 increased by another 78 to a new 2021 record of 5,916 as a new nationwide lockdo...
Apr 12, 2021
Twitter to open first Africa office to tap fast-growing market
DAKAR (Reuters) - Twitter Inc will open its first African office in Ghana, it said on Monday, as the social media company seeks to make inroads in some of the world's fastest-growing markets. Africa i...
Apr 12, 2021
UK reports highest number of new COVID cases since April 1
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported the highest number of new COVID cases since April 1 on Monday, with 3,568 new cases reported, up from 1,730 on Sunday, government data showed. A further 13 people w...
Apr 12, 2021
Biden administration drops plans for police oversight, citing George Floyd bill
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration is backing away from a campaign pledge to swiftly create a U.S. police oversight commission, a White House aide said, co...
Apr 12, 2021
On Gagarin flight anniversary, Putin vows Russia will remain space power
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic space flight on Monday with a pledge that Moscow would remain a key space and nuclear power. ...
Apr 12, 2021
