Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sweden culls 3,200 turkeys after finding bird flu on farm
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden has culled 3,200 turkeys after finding bird flu, authorities said on Wednesday, effectively bringing to a halt the country's poultry exports to markets outside the Europea...
Nov 18, 2020
Pole and Chinese citizen indicted in Warsaw for spying
WARSAW (Reuters) - A former Polish secret service agent and a Chinese citizen who worked for a telecommunications company were charged with spying for China, the spokesman of the minister coordinating...
Nov 18, 2020
Stock futures rise on vaccine bets; Boeing jumps
By Sruthi Shankar and Shivani Kumaresan (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday as fresh signs of a COVID-19 vaccine fueled bets of faster economic revival next year, while Boeing surge...
Nov 18, 2020
FAA chief ‘100% confident’ of 737 MAX safety as flights to resume
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson is "100% confident" in the safety of the Boeing 737 MAX but says the airplane maker has more t...
Nov 18, 2020
Ørsted strikes deal with labor union on U.S. offshore wind development
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Danish renewable energy group rsted and North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) announced on Wednesday a deal to train an offshore wind construction ...
Nov 18, 2020
EU recommends use of COVID rapid tests after symptoms emerge
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission recommended on Wednesday the use of rapid COVID-19 antigen tests mostly on people already showing symptoms because it said the kits were deemed less accura...
Nov 18, 2020
UK police arrest man over 1974 Birmingham pub bombings
LONDON (Reuters) - British counter-terrorism police said on Wednesday they had arrested a man over the 1974 pub bombings in the city of Birmingham which killed 21 people, the deadliest attack on the B...
Nov 18, 2020
Italian study suggesting COVID predates China outbreak sparks scepticism
By Giselda Vagnoni and Emilio Parodi ROME (Reuters) - An Italian study supporting the case that the novel coronavirus was circulating outside China earlier than thought has sparked doubts among some W...
Nov 18, 2020
Dutch aim to tackle coronavirus outbreak with vast walk-in testing sites
UTRECHT (Reuters) - Dutch authorities opened a vast walk-in coronavirus testing site in the central town of Utrecht this week, capable of 800 tests an hour and delivering results within 24 hours, as t...
Nov 18, 2020
Hundreds sign up for Delhi race as it battles coronavirus surge, pollution
By Neha Arora and Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Some of the world's leading long-distance runners and hundreds of others will take part in a half-marathon and shorter races this month in New...
Nov 18, 2020
