Author Archives: Syndicated Content
New York City journalist and author Pete Hamill dead at 85: report
(Reuters) - New York City journalist and author Pete Hamill died on Wednesday at age 85, the New York Daily News reported. Hamill, a lifelong New Yorker who covered both the city and embarked on inter...
Aug 05, 2020
U.S. Open will still be a proper Grand Slam despite pullouts, says Nadal
By Sudipto Ganguly (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal believes this year's U.S. Open champion will still feel like a Grand Slam winner despite the tournament losing some glamour due to the withdrawal of top playe...
Aug 05, 2020
Oman lifts internal travel restrictions, reduces curfew: state news
DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman will on Saturday lift a domestic ban on travel between governorates, imposed on Jul. 25 to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus during the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, the s...
Aug 05, 2020
White House unveils new partnership to boost quantum science education
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy said on Wednesday it is launching a national education partnership to expand access to K-12 quantum information science (...
Aug 05, 2020
Pfizer, BioNTech in deal with Canada to supply COVID vaccine hopeful
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Canada on Wednesday secured supplies of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech for delivery in 2021 if the compound wins regulatory...
Aug 05, 2020
Three cranes collapse at India’s biggest container port near Mumbai
(Reuters) - Three cranes collapsed at India's largest container port on the outskirts of Mumbai due to strong winds on Wednesday, police and port officials said. Heavy rainfall has hit India's west co...
Aug 05, 2020
Daimler deepens battery alliance with CATL to include R&D
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler on Wednesday said it was deepening an alliance with Chinese battery maker CATL to deliver battery packs capable of giving Mercedes-Benz cars 700 kilometres of range at hi...
Aug 05, 2020
Israel’s Sight Diagnostics raises $71 million for its blood analyzer
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's Sight Diagnostics said on Wednesday it raised $71 million in private funding to expand sales of its finger-prick blood analyzer and support research and development. Koch...
Aug 05, 2020
U.S. to pay over $1 billion for 100 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s potential COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - The United States government will pay Johnson & Johnson over $1 billion for 100 million doses of its investigational coronavirus vaccine, the drugmaker said on Wednesday. It said it will d...
Aug 05, 2020
Facebook launches TikTok-like product inside Instagram
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook rolled out its own version of social media rival TikTok in the United States and more than 50 other countries on Wednesday, embedding a new short-form ...
Aug 05, 2020
