Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Airports get busy as Australia-New Zealand quarantine-free travel begins
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hundreds of passengers thronged Australian airports on Monday as an open border system began with New Zealand, a pandemic milestone that allows Australian residents to...
Apr 18, 2021
Islamic State claims responsibility for Saturday's attack at Iraq's oilfield
CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility for Saturday's attack on two wells at the Bay Hassan oilfield in northern Iraq, according to a statement published early on Monday by the militan...
Apr 18, 2021
Facebook to announce new audio products on Monday - Recode
(Reuters) - Facebook will announce a series of products under the umbrella of "social audio" on Monday, including its take on audio-chat app Clubhouse and a push into podcast discovery and distributio...
Apr 18, 2021
Investor group calls for banks to set tougher climate targets
By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber LONDON (Reuters) - A group of investors managing $11 trillion in assets has called on banks to set tougher emissions targets ahead of a meeting of world leaders aimed a...
Apr 18, 2021
Exclusive-India may build new coal plants due to low cost despite climate change
By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI (Reuters) - India may build new coal-fired power plants as they generate the cheapest power, according to a draft electricity policy document seen by Reuters, despite gro...
Apr 18, 2021
Chip shortage casts shadow on China's auto industry recovery
By Norihiko Shirouzu and Yilei Sun SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Auto industry executives are rattled by a global shortage of semiconductors which is hitting production in China, after hoping the world's bigge...
Apr 18, 2021
Exclusive-Canada's Ontario to expand use of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine as epidemic rages
By Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Ontario will begin offering AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to people turning 40 or older this year on Tuesday, according to a government...
Apr 18, 2021
Exclusive: Canada's budget to include digital and luxury levies, but no wealth tax - sources
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's first budget in two years, to be presented to parliament on Monday, proposes a sales tax for online platforms and e-commerce warehouses, a digital services...
Apr 18, 2021
Cuban dissidents decry harassment, as congress denounces 'counterrevolution' attempts
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban dissidents accused authorities of cutting their web access and preventing them from leaving their homes during the Cuban Communist Party Congress where leaders ...
Apr 18, 2021
Guinea receives purchase of 300,000 Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines
CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea received on Sunday a shipment of 300,000 Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines purchased from China and is also set to receive a donation of 200,000 Sinopharm shots, Guinean Foreign Min...
Apr 18, 2021
