Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Kangaroos can learn to communicate with humans, researchers say
By Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) - Kangaroos can learn to communicate with humans similar to how domesticated dogs do, by using their gaze to "point" and ask for help, researchers said in a study pub...
Dec 16, 2020
Hydrogen plane startup ZeroAvia gets backing from Amazon, Shell
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - Hydrogen plane startup ZeroAvia said on Wednesday it had secured $21.4 million in a funding round led by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures to develop zero-emiss...
Dec 16, 2020
PNG opposition bid to oust PM falters
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - A bid to remove Papua New Guinea (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape fizzled out on Wednesday after more than a dozen members of parliament switched allegiances and b...
Dec 15, 2020
India records 26,355 new coronavirus cases
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India recorded 26,355 new coronavirus cases, data from the health ministry showed on Wednesday, making it the third straight day that daily infections in the country have stayed bel...
Dec 15, 2020
Oil prices ease on surprise build in U.S. inventory, demand worries
By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices dropped on Wednesday on a surprise gain in crude oil inventories in the United States and as investors continued to worry about demand for fuel b...
Dec 15, 2020
Zoom to open R&D centre in Singapore, hire hundreds more
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc said it would expand its presence in Singapore by opening a new research and development centre, where it will hire hundreds of engineering staff. T...
Dec 15, 2020
Japan PM Suga under fire for year-end dinners as coronavirus cases mount
By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has drawn criticism for joining end of year social gatherings after imploring residents to avoid such parties as the country see...
Dec 15, 2020
Bird flu spreads to a quarter of Japan prefectures
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's worst bird flu outbreak on record spread to new farms this week and has been found in around a quarter of the country's 47 prefectures, with officials ordering more cullings....
Dec 15, 2020
New Zealand inquiry finds 253,000 children and adults abused in state and faith-based care
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Up to a quarter of a million children, young people and vulnerable adults were abused in New Zealand's faith-based and state care institutions in the past sever...
Dec 15, 2020
NFL says no local bubbles for playoffs
The NFL issued a memo Tuesday night informing teams they will not be allowed to force players and personnel to stay in a localized bubble during the upcoming postseason. The decision keeps in place th...
Dec 15, 2020
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