Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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, ...
Jan 08, 2021
Britain approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's medical regulator on Friday approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for use, the health ministry said, adding that it had agreed to purchase an additional 10 million doses of ...
Jan 08, 2021
Malaysia PM to announce new COVID-19 measures as deaths hit daily record
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will announce new measures next week to curb a surge in coronavirus cases, a senior minister said on Friday, as the country reported ...
Jan 08, 2021
