Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Germany culls 16,100 turkeys after bird flu found on farm
HAMBURG (Reuters) - Germany has ordered around 16,100 turkeys to be slaughtered after bird flu was found on another poultry farm, authorities said on Monday. Type H5N8 bird flu was confirmed in a farm...
Nov 16, 2020
Moving to reassure Downing Street staff, UK PM Johnson says he’s fit
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his staff in No. 10 Downing Street he was fit and well after being forced to self isolate and that he was focused on combating coronavirus and leve...
Nov 16, 2020
Sweden limits public gatherings to eight people to fight pandemic
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Adherence to the Swedish coronavirus recommendations has come down since the spring and public gatherings will be limited to eight people, down from a previous upper limit of 300...
Nov 16, 2020
‘Be lazy, save lives,’ young Germans urged in comic COVID video
BERLIN (Reuters) - A tongue-in-cheek video clip that urges young Germans to do their patriotic duty in the war against coronavirus by just staying at home and being couch potatoes has become an intern...
Nov 16, 2020
Lawmaker calls for impeachment hearings for Governor Whitmer
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A Michigan lawmaker is now calling for impeachment hearings for Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Republican State Representative Matt Maddock of Milford, in a tweet Sunday n...
Nov 16, 2020
UK faces skills shortage as COVID-19 splits job market, McKinsey says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will face a growing skills shortage over the next decade if it does not start retraining and reskilling workers for the shift to a digital-based economy which has been sped ...
Nov 16, 2020
Where social distancing comes naturally: Finland keeps coronavirus in check
By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) - While many countries struggle with a second wave of the coronavirus, Finland has halted a rise in new infections at Europe's lowest level, helped by the fact that...
Nov 16, 2020
European Union in talks about further measures against Belarus: Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and the European Union are looking into ways to raise the pressure on the Belarusian leadership after hundreds of protesters were detained during mass demonstrations there o...
Nov 16, 2020
Virgin Galactic reschedules test flight due to New Mexico lockdown
(Reuters) - Virgin Galactic has rescheduled a test flight planned from its New Mexico spaceport later this week after the U.S. state imposed fresh COVID-19 restrictions, billionaire Richard Branson's ...
Nov 16, 2020
Lonza to supply ingredients for 400 million doses of Moderna’s COVID vaccine annually
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss contract manufacturer Lonza's facilities in Switzerland and the United States will be able to produce ingredients for 400 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine annually,...
Nov 16, 2020
