Category Archives: Syndicated
How to rid East Africa of locusts? Serve them in a kebab or drive them to cannibalism
By Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI, (Reuters) - Eat them, poison them, and use scent to drive them to cannibalism - as a second wave of locusts threatens to devour East Africa's crops, scientists in a Nairobi l...
Jul 02, 2020
Australian scientists discover ancient underwater Aboriginal sites
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's first underwater archaeological sites off its west coast dating to more than 7,000 years ago will help with the understanding of the cultural and technology development ...
Jul 02, 2020
Check in but never leave: Taiwan offers fake flights for travel-starved tourists
By Ann Wang TAIPEI (Reuters) - Staved of the travel experience during the coronavirus lockdown? One Taiwanese airport has the solution - a fake itinerary where you check in, go through passport contro...
Jul 02, 2020
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - A Reuters tally showed new U.S. COVID-19 cases rose by nearly 50,000 on Wednesday, the biggest one-day spike on record, a day after the government's top infectious diseases expert warned t...
Jul 02, 2020
Sailing: New Zealand government freezes public funding of America’s Cup
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's government said on Thursday it would halt public funding for the body organising next year's America's Cup pending the outcome of an investigation into "financial ...
Jul 02, 2020
COVID-19 strain in Beijing outbreak may have come from Southeast Asia: Harvard study
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A strain of COVID-19 that has infected more than 300 people in Beijing since early June could have originated in South or Southeast Asia, according to a study by Harvard Universit...
Jul 02, 2020
UK will ditch travel quarantine for 75 countries, Daily Telegraph says
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will effectively ditch its air bridge plans and simply end the quarantine rules for those arriving from 75 countries so that people can go on holiday, The Dai...
Jul 02, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Suburban checkpoints Police set up suburban checkpoints in new coronavirus hot spots in Melbourne on Thursday, as authorities ...
Jul 02, 2020
Exclusive: Banks in Singapore in talks to bolster lending practices for troubled commodity sector
By Roslan Khasawneh, Jessica Jaganathan and Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Commodity trade financiers in Singapore are teaming up to strengthen lending practices and improve transparency in the s...
Jul 02, 2020
At least 50 dead in landslide at Myanmar jade mine, officials say
(Reuters) - At least 50 people died on Thursday after a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar trapped workers under a mound of refuse, the country's fire service department and an information m...
Jul 02, 2020
