Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Oman issues new laws on succession, parliament
DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman's Sultan on Monday issued a new basic law for the country to organize power succession and the naming of a crown prince, and a new law for the parliament, state media said. Sult...
Syndicated Content Jan 11, 2021
Companies must set climate targets in line with science – executives
By Susanna Twidale and Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Companies must listen to scientists and align their plans to reach net zero targets with a global pact to fight climate change, executives told ...
Syndicated Content Jan 11, 2021
Wielding machetes and calipers, sweat-soaked scientists count carbon in Amazon
By Jake Spring ITAPU DO OESTE, Brazil (Reuters) - The machete-wielding scientists ventured into the Amazon, hacking through dense jungle as the mid-morning temperature soared past 100 degrees Fahrenhe...
Syndicated Content Jan 11, 2021
African free trade tariff rules should be completed by July-official
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Members of Africa's new free trade area should complete their tariff reduction schedules and finalise essential rules of origin by July, a senior official with the bloc's secr...
Syndicated Content Jan 11, 2021
Palestinians approve Russian COVID-19 vaccine for use, Russian wealth fund says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Palestinian health ministry has approved the main Russian vaccine against COVID-19, known as Sputnik V, for use in Palestinian self-ruled territory, Russia's sovereign wealth fu...
Syndicated Content Jan 11, 2021
Former Berlin maestro Simon Rattle will quit UK to return to Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - Simon Rattle, the British former conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, will return to Germany to take up the baton guiding Munich's Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra from 2023. The ...
Syndicated Content Jan 11, 2021
Novavax bosses cash out for $46 million with COVID-19 vaccine trials still under way
By Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) - Top executives at U.S. pharmaceutical company Novavax Inc aren't waiting to see how well their COVID-19 vaccine works before they reap the financial rewards. Chief Exec...
Syndicated Content Jan 11, 2021
Russian man gets 10-year jail term in Sweden for hammer attack on Chechen blogger
By 0- STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A hammer-wielding Russian man who tried to beat to death a well-known blogger and critic of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in Sweden last year was sentenced on Monday to 10 ...
Syndicated Content Jan 11, 2021
Steinmetz trial on corruption charges opens in Geneva
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz went on trial in a Geneva court on Monday on corruption and forgery charges linked to mining concessions in the West African ...
Syndicated Content Jan 11, 2021
Not ‘up to the job’, Labour leader renews criticism of UK PM
LONDON (Reuters) - British Labour leader Keir Starmer criticised Boris Johnson on Monday for repeatedly failing to take quick decisions to fight the novel coronavirus and called on the prime minister ...
Syndicated Content Jan 11, 2021

