Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Estonian tech firm says wearable air purifier can kill virus with UV light
By Tarmo Virki TALLINN (Reuters) - Estonian tech company Respiray on Monday launched a wearable air purifier it says can kill more than 99% of viruses and bacteria in the air inhaled by the wearer usi...
Feb 22, 2021
Teachers may play role in in-school COVID-19 transmission: U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - Teachers may play an important role in the transmission of COVID-19 within schools, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday, citing a study conducted in el...
Feb 22, 2021
Khamenei says Iran may enrich uranium to 60% purity if needed
DUBAI (Reuters) - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday Iran might enrich uranium up to 60% purity if the country needed it and would never yield to U.S. pressure over its nuclear activ...
Feb 22, 2021
UK preparing for COVID-19 revaccination programme this year
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is preparing for a revaccination programme against COVID-19, likely to run later this year and consist of a single booster dose, the government said in its plan to end coron...
Feb 22, 2021
Broker IG pulls some of its riskier products after GameStop frenzy
(Reuters) - London-listed trading platform IG said on Monday it would withdraw a number of its riskier equities products after a frenzy of stock market bets by small U.S. investors earlier this year t...
Feb 22, 2021
UK gives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 17.7 million people
LONDON (Reuters) - A total of 17.7 million people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, official data released on Monday showed. Britain also reported a further 10,641 cases and 178 de...
Feb 22, 2021
A day that will live in infamy: U.S. nears 500,000th COVID-19 death
By Maria Caspani and Anurag Maan NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States on Monday closed in on the staggering milestone of 500,000 COVID-19 deaths just over a year to the day since the coronavirus pan...
Feb 22, 2021
Greece investigates reports theatre director accused of rape taught refugee children
By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) - A prosecutor has ordered an investigation into reports that migrant children were taught acting classes by the former artistic director of Greece's National Thea...
Feb 22, 2021
Germany mulls vaccinating thousands of officials with AstraZeneca: Spiegel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is considering deploying the armed forces to give thousands of government officials the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, Der Spiegel reported, after many essential workers r...
Feb 22, 2021
Alphabet in talks with Spanish publishers to bring Google News back, sources say
By Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google is negotiating individual licensing deals with a divided Spanish news industry that could allow the U.S. tech giant's news service to resume in the ...
Feb 22, 2021
