Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'Mega-drought' in Andes leaves some peaks without snow
By Juan Bustamente BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The Andes Mountain range, which draws skiers to South America, is facing historically low snowfall this year during a decade-long drought that scientists li...
Aug 05, 2021
Chile to give COVID-19 vaccine boosters for those inoculated with Sinovac
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile will begin administering a booster shot to those already innoculated with Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine, President Sebastian Pinera said on Thursday, after studies showed the i...
Aug 05, 2021
U.S. senators target ransomware by targeting countries that allow it
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior U.S. senators planned legislation on Thursday that would fight ransomware attacks on U.S. infrastructure by sanctioning countries the harbor cyber criminals, as well ...
Aug 05, 2021
Italy's Pirelli ups FY guidance after Q2 EBIT beats estimates
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian tyremaker Pirelli said on Thursday it would manage to offset increasing pressures from raw material costs in the second half, as it raised its full-year forecasts after posti...
Aug 05, 2021
U.S. Justice Department launches probe into Arizona policing practices
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into policing practices in Phoenix, Arizona, Attorney General Merrick Garland told a news conference on Thursday. The pr...
Aug 05, 2021
U.N. concerned about unused vaccines, can help if governments ask
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations is concerned about situations where COVID-19 vaccines have gone unused, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday, stressing that the world body can...
Aug 05, 2021
U.S. to Iran's Raisi: seize opportunity for diplomacy now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday urged Iran's new President Ebrahim Raisi to return to talks on both nations resuming compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, repeating the U.S. ...
Aug 05, 2021
U.S. administers nearly 349 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines - CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 348,966,419 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and distributed 403,047,945 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Aug 05, 2021
Ranks of Mexican poor swell to reach nearly half the population
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's poverty rate grew to nearly 44% at the end of last year, government data released on Thursday showed, worsened by an economic slump as the coronavirus pandemic led to ...
Aug 05, 2021
Britain says China's BGI must register prenatal tests by Sept 1
LONDON (Reuters) - China's largest gene company BGI Group must register its prenatal test with local regulators by Sept. 1 if it wants to keep offering products in Britain, a minister said on Thursday...
Aug 05, 2021
