Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Australia's housing boom defies Delta, boasts best year since 1989
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian home prices rose at the fastest annual pace since 1989 in August as coronavirus lockdowns weighed more on supply than demand, though months of blistering ga...
Aug 31, 2021
Japan finds another Moderna vial suspected to contain foreign substance
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Kanagawa prefecture said it has found another vial of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine suspected of containing a foreign substance and has put the rest of the lot on hold. In a...
Aug 31, 2021
COVID-19 cases rise in Australia's Victoria as lockdown extension looms
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state saw a jump in new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday as the government prepared to extend a hard lockdown to contain an outbreak of the Delta...
Aug 31, 2021
Some 30% of global tree species at risk of extinction - report
By Oliver Griffin (Reuters) - Almost a third of the world's tree species are at risk of extinction, while hundreds are on the brink of being wiped out, according to a landmark report published by Bota...
Aug 31, 2021
North Dakota, Bemidji State to square off in exhibition contest on Oct. 2
Game will replace previously schedule game vs. Manitoba GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The athletic departments from North Dakota and Bemidji State announced on Tuesday a scheduling agreement for an exhib...
Aug 31, 2021
Colombia's ex-President Andres Pastrana defends efforts to build peace
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's ex-President Andres Pastrana said on Tuesday his government had laid the ground work for building peace in the South American country, even though he...
Aug 31, 2021
Soccer-Atletico re-sign Griezmann on loan from Barcelona
MADRID (Reuters) -Atletico Madrid on Tuesday sensationally announced they had re-signed France forward Antoine Griezmann on a season-long loan from Barcelona. In one of the most eye-catching moves on ...
Aug 31, 2021
Chilean environmental court endorses Caserones damage compliance plan
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A Chilean court on Tuesday approved a plan by JX Nippon's Caserones Mine to rectify environmental damage despite a fresh challenge to its validity raised by farm...
Aug 31, 2021
CEOs back to pre-pandemic levels of confidence, KPMG survey shows
LONDON (Reuters) - The bosses of the world's biggest companies are back to their pre-pandemic levels of confidence in the global economy's prospects and most expect to make acquisitions to boost growt...
Aug 31, 2021
Novartis signs deal with Britain's NHS for new cholesterol drug Leqvio
(Reuters) - Novartis AG said on Wednesday it had agreed a deal with Britain's healthcare service provider for use of the drugmaker's new anti-cholesterol drug Leqvio, after the country's healthcare co...
Aug 31, 2021
