Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Coronavirus infections at U.S. meat plants far higher than previous estimates - House subcommittee
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Cases and deaths from COVID-19 among workers at the leading U.S. meatpacking plants were three times as high as previously estimated, an investigation by the House Select S...
Thomson Reuters Oct 27, 2021
Rome airport readies for flying taxis by 2024
ROME (Reuters) - Passengers flying into Rome from 2024 onwards will be able to go airborne for their taxi ride into the city centre too, if a project between the company operating its main airport and...
Thomson Reuters Oct 27, 2021
Thailand readies for tourism reboot with reopening test-run
By Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand held a dry-run on Wednesday for its long-awaited, quarantine-free reopening to vaccinated travellers, as the country rushes to reboot an industry batte...
Thomson Reuters Oct 27, 2021
Ant Group-backed Paytm raises IPO size to $2.44 billion
By Sankalp Phartiyal and Chris Thomas BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian digital payments leader Paytm has boosted the size of its initial public offering to 183 billion rupees ($2.44 billion) from 166 billi...
Thomson Reuters Oct 27, 2021
Gas price surge pushes Europe's ceramics industry to breaking point
By Stephen Jewkes, Isla Binnie and Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) - Continental Europe's $35 billion ceramics industry thought the worst was over when sales jumped more than 10% in the first half of t...
Thomson Reuters Oct 27, 2021
Romanian senate rejects COVID-19 health pass, lower house votes next
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian senators narrowly rejected a bill on Wednesday requiring medical staff, public sector workers and those of large privately-owned firms to hold a COVID-19 health pass, bu...
Thomson Reuters Oct 27, 2021
German would-be coalition backs ending COVID state of emergency
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's pandemic-related state of emergency looks set to expire next month after the three political parties in talks to form the next government said on Wednesday they did not su...
Thomson Reuters Oct 27, 2021
Taliban government offers Afghans wheat for work as money dwindles
KABUL (Reuters) - For Kabul day labourer Khan Ali, struggling to feed a family of six since losing his job as a market trader, life has become so hard that he jumped on an offer by the cash-strapped T...
Thomson Reuters Oct 27, 2021
Norwegian Air to lease 13 Boeing planes
OSLO (Reuters) - Budget carrier Norwegian Air has agreed to lease up to 13 Boeing aircraft in anticipation of higher demand for travel next summer, it said on Wednesday. The lease concerns Boeing's 73...
Thomson Reuters Oct 27, 2021
Kremlin says Turkish drones risk destabilising situation in east Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that its fears about Turkey's decision to sell strike drones to Ukraine were being realised and that the Turkish drones risked destabilising the situat...
Thomson Reuters Oct 27, 2021
