Author Archives: Syndicated Content
S.Korean designer creates "Third Eye" for "smartphone zombies"
By Minwoo Park SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean industrial designer has come up with a satirical solution for "smartphone zombies" who can't take their eyes away from their screen long enough to stop ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 04, 2021
Russia reports 8,947 new COVID-19 cases, 377 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 8,947 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 2,817 in Moscow, taking the official national tally to 5,108,129 since the pandemic began. The government coronavirus t...
Thomson Reuters Jun 04, 2021
Russian charter flights to Egypt to resume in coming days -Ifx
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian charter flights to Egyptian resorts are expected to resume in the coming days after a years-long hiatus, the Interfax news agency cited the boss of Aeroflot as saying on Fri...
Thomson Reuters Jun 04, 2021
Norway wealth fund to vote for shareholder climate policy initiative at Caterpillar AGM
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's $1.35 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, said it would support a shareholder climate policy initiative at the Caterpillar annual general meeting on June 9. ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 04, 2021
French police dismantle migrant camp housing hundreds in Calais
PARIS (Reuters) - French police dismantled a makeshift migrant camp in the northern port of Calais on Friday, removing hundreds of people in one of biggest operations of its kind in recent months. Sin...
Thomson Reuters Jun 04, 2021
German competition authority launches probe into Google's news showcase
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's competition authority launched a probe against Alphabet Inc's Google news showcase, a platform which makes news available on the tech giant's news website, it said on Frid...
Thomson Reuters Jun 04, 2021
AMC falls 6% after second share sale this week
(Reuters) - Shares of AMC Entertainment fell 6% in early deals on Friday, a day after the Reddit darling completed its second share offering this week. The cinema operator has taken advantage of a red...
Thomson Reuters Jun 04, 2021
Russia expects WHO to approve Sputnik V vaccine within 2 months -RDIF
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russia expects the World Health Organization (WHO) to approve the Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus within two months, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Di...
Thomson Reuters Jun 04, 2021
Belarus' Tsikhanouskaya calls on EU, UK, U.S. to jointly pressure Lukashenko
WARSAW (Reuters) - The United States, Britain and the European Union should act jointly to put more pressure on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and his government, Belarusian opposition lead...
Thomson Reuters Jun 04, 2021
Olympics-Transgender weightlifter could set dangerous precedent: Samoa coach
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Allowing transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard to compete in the women's competition at the Tokyo Olympics would be like letting athletes dope and may set a dange...
Thomson Reuters Jun 04, 2021
