Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Masks no obstacle for new NEC facial recognition system
By Chris Gallagher TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's NEC Corp has launched a facial recognition system that identifies people even when they are wearing masks, adapting to a new normal where face coverings ha...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
Ex-Atlanta police chief, who resigned after Black man's shooting, to head Louisville force
(Reuters) - The former police chief of Atlanta, who resigned in June after the fatal shooting of an African-American man by an Atlanta police officer, has been appointed head of the Louisville Metro P...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
Four deaths, 52 arrests made after Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Four people died and 52 were arrested, Washington D.C.'s police chief said, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
Tennis-Barty returns to action after 11 months for Australian Open warmup
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World number one Ash Barty will return to competitive tennis after a lengthy hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic when she headlines two WTA tournaments in Melbourne ahead of the ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
BlackRock raps board of world's biggest glove maker over worker safety
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The board of directors of Malaysian firm Top Glove Corp, the world's largest maker of medical grade gloves, has failed egregiously in protecting its workers from COVID-19, U.S...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
Missouri senator's home-state paper: Hawley has 'blood on his hands'
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican at the forefront of a bid to block congressional certification of the Electoral College vote, is largely to blame for "inspi...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
Waterworld: How beverage company Diageo is rethinking water usage
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) - When you sit down at the end of the day with a glass of Johnnie Walker or Captain Morgan, you probably do not think much about all the water that goes into that gl...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
Australia urges China to give access to WHO coronavirus experts 'without delay'
By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) - China should give access to World Health Organization (WHO) officials investigating the origins of COVID-19 "without delay", Australia's Foreign Minister Marise P...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
UK variant linked to high viral loads, Neanderthal gene offers protection
(This Dec. 28 story corrects first item to indicate that higher viral loads were in swab samples, not in blood.) By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
Olympics-Japan postpones torch exhibitions over COVID-19 fears
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on Thursday that upcoming exhibitions of the Tokyo Olympics torch around the Japanese capital have been postponed "to reduce the flow of peopl...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
