Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: U.S. EPA plans to propose compliance deadline extension for biofuel laws
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to propose as early as Thursday an extension to deadlines for 2020 and 2021 for oil refiners to prove compliance with the nation's b...
Nov 18, 2021
Norway to take delivery of Boeing P-8 submarine hunter
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Norway was poised to take delivery on Thursday of the first of five Boeing Co P-8 patrol aircraft, as the NATO ally looks to expand its submarine hunting capabil...
Nov 18, 2021
'We have to feed our children': Delhi's rickshaw pullers battle on through city's toxic smog
By Sunil Kataria NEW DELHI (Reuters) - For over 40 years, Inder Pal Singh has been ferrying passengers around Delhi's old city by cycle rickshaw in searing summer heat, and increasingly, choking winte...
Nov 18, 2021
Canada floods mean money won't grow on trees this Christmas
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Finding the perfect real Christmas tree will be harder and more expensive this year. Canada, the world's top exporter of natural Christmas trees, is grappling with a...
Nov 18, 2021
Soccer-Science and slush beating the heat at Qatar World Cup
By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - Hard-running midfielders could lose up to three litres of sweat during a World Cup match in Qatar, but the fast-moving world of sports science is on hand to help e...
Nov 18, 2021
France: UN's IAEA report on Iran is extremely concerning
PARIS (Reuters) - The United Nations' IAEA nuclear watchdog's report on Iran is extremely concerning, said the spokeswoman for the French foreign ministry on Thursday, adding that the IAEA's governors...
Nov 18, 2021
EU drug regulator aims to conclude Merck COVID-19 antiviral pill approval by the end of 2021
(Reuters) - The European Medicine Agency's review to approve Merck's antiviral pill molnupiravir, developed with Ridgeback Therapeutics, is set to conclude by the end of the year, the regulator's head...
Nov 18, 2021
AstraZeneca says to seek commercial price for preventive antibody cocktail
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - AstraZeneca said its antibody cocktail against COVID-19 would - unlike its vaccine - be priced commercially as it negotiates supply contracts with governments around the globe. "...
Nov 18, 2021
Receding waters help flood-hit Canadian town to avoid disaster
By Jesse Winter ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia (Reuters) - Receding floodwaters helped a Canadian town avoid disaster on Thursday as the province of British Columbia faced up to what one expert said was...
Nov 18, 2021
Seeking strength in numbers, U.S.-bound migrants gather in southern Mexico
By Jose Torres TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) - Migrant groups from Haiti and Central America joined forces on Thursday as they left the southern Mexican city of Tapachula to head towards the U.S. border...
Nov 18, 2021
