Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Severe drought spreads in Portugal, officials seek EU help
LISBON (Reuters) - Drought spread across almost all of mainland Portugal during an unusually hot and dry April, the meteorology agency IPMA said on Wednesday, and officials have requested aid from Bru...
May 10, 2023
Human genome reboot better reflects global population
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists on Wednesday unveiled a new accounting of the human genome that improves on its predecessor by including a rich diversity of people to better reflect t...
May 10, 2023
BioNTech, Roche's experimental pancreatic cancer treatment wins Nature plaudit
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Scientific journal Nature on Wednesday said a personalised treatment based on messenger RNA by BioNTech potentially bodes well for the future of fighting an extremely aggressive ...
May 10, 2023
Finland prime minister divorces husband
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin has filed for divorce jointly with her husband of three years Markus Raikkonen, they said on Instagram on Wednesday. "We are grateful...
May 10, 2023
US Senate committee approves rail safety bill after Ohio derailment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday approved sweeping bipartisan rail safety legislation prompted by a Norfolk Southern-operated train derailment on Feb. 3 in Ohio. ...
May 10, 2023
Czech president: Ukraine could have our L-159 jets
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic could give Ukraine some of its L-159 fighter jets to support its planned counter-offensive, Czech President Petr Pavel was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Prague h...
May 10, 2023
Banana fungus may worsen hunger crisis in Venezuela
By Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - A resistant fungus which wilts banana and plantain plants and infects soil could worsen the food crisis in Venezuela, where 6.5 million people already suffer hung...
May 10, 2023
Ex-Tesla worker seeks third trial in race bias case after $3.2 million award
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A Black former Tesla Inc factory worker has accused the electric automaker's lawyers of "egregious misconduct" after a jury awarded him $3.2 million in a race bias case,...
May 10, 2023
Prosecutor seeks 3 years’ probation for woman who left note on grave of Putin’s parents
(Reuters) - A prosecutor in St. Petersburg has requested a three-year suspended sentence for a woman who left a note with an "insulting inscription" on the grave of President Vladimir Putin's parents,...
May 10, 2023
Israel's David's Sling missile defence put to first operational use
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's multi-tier air defense missile system David's Sling was deployed in operations for the first time during Wednesday's cross-border fighting with Gaza militants, two Israe...
May 10, 2023
