Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Acacia terminates merger agreement with Cisco
(Reuters) - Acacia Communications Inc said on Friday it has terminated its nearly $3 billion merger agreement with Cisco Systems Inc, effective immediately. "Because approval of the Chinese government...
Syndicated Content Jan 08, 2021
London Mayor declares major incident over COVID hospital pressure
LONDON (Reuters) - Mayor of London Sadiq Khan declared a major incident in the British capital on Friday, saying hospitals in the British capital could be overwhelmed if people do not stay at home. "T...
Syndicated Content Jan 08, 2021
Lithuania reports H5N8 bird flu in backyard poultry – OIE
PARIS (Reuters) - Lithuania has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus among backyard poultry, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Friday. The outbreak, w...
Syndicated Content Jan 08, 2021
France to cull more ducks in ‘race against time’ to halt bird flu
PARIS (Reuters) - France is to extend mass culling of poultry as it faces a "race against time" to contain a bird flu virus sweeping through a duck-breeding area in the southwest, Agriculture Minister...
Syndicated Content Jan 08, 2021
Chip shortage forces Nissan to cut Note compact car production
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Friday it would cut production of its best-selling Note compact car this month due to a shortage of semiconductors, becoming the latest carmaker to be hit...
Syndicated Content Jan 08, 2021
Power struggle leaves U.N. rights body without leader
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Russia and China are opposed to a candidate from Fiji seen as a staunch human rights defender to lead the top U.N. rights body, diplomats and observers say, creating a...
Syndicated Content Jan 08, 2021
Tennis-Belgian Flipkens retires in Abu Dhabi after freak ankle injury
(Reuters) - Belgian Kirsten Flipkens retired against top-seeded American Sofia Kenin at the WTA 500 event in Abu Dhabi after suffering a freak left ankle injury during the second round match on Friday...
Syndicated Content Jan 08, 2021
EU gives go ahead to extract more shots from each Pfizer vaccine vial
(Reuters) - Europe's medicines regulator gave the go ahead on Friday for an extra sixth dose to be extracted from Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine vials, increasing the number of available shots at a ...
Syndicated Content Jan 08, 2021
‘Never again’ says Ukraine as families mourn Iran plane crash victims
By Ilya Zhegulev KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine called on Iran to deliver justice and pay full compensation to the families of those who died when a Ukrainian airliner was shot down by Iranian Revolutionary...
Syndicated Content Jan 08, 2021
Freezing Madrid braces for heaviest snowfall in decades
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's capital Madrid and much of the neighbouring region of Castilla-La Mancha were on high alert on Friday for what meteorologists expect to be the heaviest snowfall in decades, ...
Syndicated Content Jan 08, 2021





