Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. manufacturing activity at nearly two-year high; new orders accelerate
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity accelerated to a nearly two-year high in August aided by a surge in new orders, but employment at factories continued to lag amid s...
Thomson Reuters Sep 01, 2020
Pentagon concerned by China's nuclear ambitions, expects warheads to double
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China is expected to at least double the number of its nuclear warheads over the next decade from the low 200s now and is nearing the ability to l...
Thomson Reuters Sep 01, 2020
Italy's Dompe to start testing new treatment in Brazil for severe COVID-19 patients
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian biotech firm Dompe said it received the go-ahead from Brazil's medical regulator to start Phase II human trials of one of its products being developed for organ transplants f...
Thomson Reuters Sep 01, 2020
Google, Apple roll out built-in COVID-19 exposure notifications to phones
By Stephen Nellis and Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google and Apple Inc on Tuesday announced a new system that will enable public health authorities to use smartphones to assist in contact t...
Thomson Reuters Sep 01, 2020
Amid talks with Israel, UAE pursuit of stealth jets rumbles in background
By Lisa Barrington and Dan Williams Al DHAFRA AIRBASE, Abu Dhabi (Reuters) - Amid historic normalization talks between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, American officials spent a morning at an Abu...
Thomson Reuters Sep 01, 2020
UK records 1,295 daily confirmed cases of COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 1,295 daily confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to government data published on Tuesday, down from 1,406 a day earlier. Three people died within 28 da...
Thomson Reuters Sep 01, 2020
Bring back the bogs: Estonian volunteers get hands dirty in climate fight
LAUKASSOO, Estonia (Reuters) - Deep in the Estonian woodlands, a group of volunteers is toiling to restore a bog that was drained last century for mining purposes, turning the area into a major source...
Thomson Reuters Sep 01, 2020
Migrant woman with coronavirus gives birth on board a helicopter
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - A migrant woman who tested positive to coronavirus has given birth to a baby on board a helicopter as she was flying to Sicily from the small southern Italian island ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 01, 2020
Bayer appeals $20.5 million Roundup ruling to California Supreme Court
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Bayer AG has asked California's Supreme Court to review a decision awarding $20.5 million to a groundskeeper who claimed the company's Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer, arg...
Thomson Reuters Sep 01, 2020
Robinhood app back online after earlier outage
(Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc, the fintech startup credited with helping popularize trading among millennials, said on Tuesday it had restored services on its trading app following a brief "servic...
Thomson Reuters Sep 01, 2020
