By Jeffrey Dastin, Paresh Dave (Reuters) – Google research manager Samy Bengio said on Tuesday he was resigning, according to an internal email seen by Reuters, in a blow to the Alphabet …
Read More »One-third of COVID survivors suffer from neurological or mental disorders, study finds
LONDON (Reuters) – One in three COVID-19 survivors in a study of more than 230,000 patients, mostly Americans, was diagnosed with a brain or psychiatric disorder within six months, suggesting the pandemic …
Read More »Myanmar Security Forces Kill Seven Protesters, Chinese-Owned Factory Burns Down
(Reuters) – Myanmar troops fired on anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and wounding several, media said, when a Chinese-owned factory was set ablaze in the commercial capital of …
Read More »Left-wing party opposing big mining project wins Greenland elections
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A left-wing party opposing a major rare earth mining project has become the largest in parliament after garnering more than a third of the vote in an early election. …
Read More »China’s census could point to an imminent demographic decline
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s once-a-decade census is expected to show a further decline in the percentage of young people in its rapidly aging population, as high costs of living and aversion to …
Read More »Nokia resolves patent fight with Lenovo
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Finland’s Nokia settled a multi-year patent dispute with China’s Lenovo Group, the world’s largest computer maker, settling all pending litigation in all jurisdictions, the companies said on Wednesday. FILE …
Read More »Exclusive: EU denies blocking 3.1 million AstraZeneca shots to Australia
CANBERRA / BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Tuesday denied blocking shipments of 3.1 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to Australia, as the bloc intensifies scrutiny of vaccine exports to …
Read More »‘A Biological Fukushima’: COVID-19 deaths in Brazil on track to overcome worst US wave
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s brutal surge in COVID-19 deaths will soon surpass the worst of a record January wave in the United States, scientists predicted, with deaths rising to more …
Read More »Oxford pauses study of COVID-19 vaccine in children, awaits more data on blood clot problems
A vial of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is seen at the Aviva Stadium mass vaccination center, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Dublin, Ireland, on April 4, 2021. REUTERS / Clodagh Kilcoyne …
Read More »Dutch cargo ship adrift off Norway after dramatic crew rescue
OSLO (Reuters) – Emergency response teams raced on Tuesday to prevent a Dutch freighter adrift in the North Sea from sinking and causing an oil spill off the coast of Norway after …
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