Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan machinery orders to fall in Nov as coronavirus crisis weighs: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core machinery orders likely dropped in November after the previous month's jump, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, and a renewed state of emergency in the Tokyo area could da...
Jan 08, 2021
At least 13 dead as suicide bomber, gunmen attack town in Cameroon: U.N.
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - At least 13 people including children died when a suicide bomber blew herself in a crowd that was fleeing an armed attack in northern Cameroon on Friday, a U.N. security report sai...
Jan 08, 2021
Mazepin needs to grow up, says Haas F1 boss Steiner
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian rookie Nikita Mazepin needs to grow up and has not been let off the hook for causing offence with a video on social media last month, his Haas Formula One team boss Guenther...
Jan 08, 2021
Biden favors release of more vaccine doses as U.S. struggles in pandemic’s grip
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden said on Friday he supported releasing more doses of the coronavirus vaccine immediately to quicken the rate of inoc...
Jan 08, 2021
Prosecutor to open investigation into French justice minister
PARIS (Reuters) - A judicial investigation will be opened into an alleged conflict of interest on the part of Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti, the prosecutor attached to France's highest civil co...
Jan 08, 2021
U.S. blacklists Iraqi militia leader in connection with deadly anti-govt protests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an Iraqi militia leader and former national security adviser, connecting him to human rights abuses during the 2019 anti-governm...
Jan 08, 2021
Coronavirus variants may lead to false negative results with molecular tests: FDA
(Reuters) - Genetic variants of the novel coronavirus, including the one found in UK, could impact the performance of some molecular COVID-19 tests and lead to false negative results, the U.S. Food an...
Jan 08, 2021
Brazil’s Fiocruz seeks AstraZeneca emergency use, in step toward vaccine rollout
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run Fiocruz institute has sought an emergency use authorisation for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine it plans to import, federal health regulator Anvisa said on Fri...
Jan 08, 2021
Gambia seizes 3 tonnes of cocaine in one of West Africa’s largest busts
BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambian authorities seized nearly three tonnes of cocaine from a shipment of industrial salt originating in Ecuador, a spokesman said on Friday, in one of the largest ever busts in ...
Jan 08, 2021
Ford to idle Kentucky plant due to semiconductor shortage
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co on Friday said it would idle one of its Kentucky plants next week due to a shortage of semiconductors. The Louisville Assembly Plant, where Ford builds the Ford Escap...
Jan 08, 2021
