Author Archives: Syndicated Content
The face-mask seat: a South Korean student’s attempt to recycle in COVID times
By Minwoo Park UIWANG, South Korea (Reuters) - How many disposable masks does it take to make a stool? Kim Ha-neul knows it takes 1,500. Bothered by the waste caused by disposable face masks, many of ...
Dec 09, 2020
Exclusive: Cannabis review site Weedmaps nears $1.5 billion deal to go public – sources
By Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - The operator of U.S. online platform Weedmaps, where users rate cannabis sellers, is nearing a deal to go public at a $1.5 billion valuation through a merger with a blan...
Dec 09, 2020
Oil rises on vaccine rollout, concern on Iraq oilfield attack
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose in early trade on Thursday, buoyed by a COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Britain and the imminent approval of a vaccine in the United States, which coul...
Dec 09, 2020
Australian scientists develop genome sequencing to trace COVID-19 cases within four hours
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists said on Thursday they had developed a rapid genome sequencing method that would cut to within four hours the time taken to trace the source of coronavirus case...
Dec 09, 2020
Japan’s bird flu outbreak worsens, government orders disinfection of poultry farms
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's bird flu outbreak worsened with two more prefectures reporting poultry deaths and exclusion orders in place on Thursday as the government ordered the disinfection of all poul...
Dec 09, 2020
World Cup winner Rossi dies aged 64
(Reuters) - Paolo Rossi, the hero of Italy's 1982 World Cup-winning campaign, has died at the age of 64. The news was announced on Thursday by Italian TV channel RAI Sport, for whom Rossi had been wor...
Dec 09, 2020
Developing Asia’s projected 2020 contraction to be less severe than expected, ADB says
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - Developing Asia is on course to contract this year, but probably less than previously thought as China recovers faster than expected, although the prolonged pandemic r...
Dec 09, 2020
USGA drives for gender equity with ‘Women Worth Watching’ campaign
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - The USGA said it hoped to spark greater interest in women's golf with the official launch of its "Women Worth Watching" campaign on Wednesday, an initiative that has the bac...
Dec 09, 2020
Don’t flip, says auctioneer seeking $3 million for Trump’s childhood home
By Roselle Chen NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's childhood home is up for sale for the fourth time in four years, with a bloated $3 million target price that the auctioneer hopes his...
Dec 09, 2020
South Korea scrambles to build container hospital beds to combat third COVID wave
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea authorities scrambled on Thursday to build shipping container hospital beds to alleviate medical facilities stretched by the latest coronavirus wave, whic...
Dec 09, 2020
