By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – A newborn girl in Canada developed a life-threatening infection after being delivered in a hot tub, according to a case report that some doctors say offers fresh evidence that women should not deliver babies in water. The baby girl was delivered full-term and was healthy at birth. But she […]
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By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) – Forest fires in Brazil and Indonesia contributed to a record loss in global tree cover in 2016, equivalent to the size of New Zealand, that could accelerate deforestation blamed for climate change, an independent forest monitoring network said on Monday. Man-made global warming increased the risks of wildfires by […]
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By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) – London brought in a new levy on the oldest and most polluting cars entering the city center from Monday, almost doubling how much motorists have to pay in the latest blow to diesel. Drivers are already charged 11.50 pounds ($15) to enter the financial district and parts of west […]
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By Warren Strobel and Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. intelligence officials who worked for both Republican and Democratic presidents urged Congress on Monday to renew an internet surveillance program they said has stopped militant plots and helped policymakers steer through international crises. The program, authorized under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance […]
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(The Oct 16 story corrects reference to splitting the cost of the program in paragraph 2. Rabobank and the U.N. are finalizing plans for funding, the bank said) By Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rabobank NA is launching with the United Nations $1 billion in financing for farmers to transition to more sustainable practices […]
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has ordered a new trial to determine how much Samsung Electronics Co <005930.KS> should pay Apple Inc <AAPL.O> for copying the look of the iPhone. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California issued her order late on Sunday, 10 months after the U.S. Supreme Court […]
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By David Henry NEW YORK (Reuters) – In its first offering of online bank accounts, JPMorgan Chase & Co on Monday launched a new smartphone app that it hopes will attract new depositors, many of whom are young and may live far from any of its branch offices. The app, named Finn by Chase, allows […]
Read More PARIS (Reuters) – Bulgaria has reported two outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5 bird flu virus, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday. One outbreak occurred on a farm in the village of Stefanovo in the northeastern region of Dobric. The virus killed 418 birds while the rest of the 10,000-strong […]
Read More HAMBURG (Reuters) – Germany has discovered a case of the highly pathogenic H5N8 strain of bird flu in a wild duck, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday. The virus was found in a mallard duck in Osterwald in Bentheim in the northern state of Lower Saxony, said the OIE, citing […]
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WINDHOEK (Reuters) – Namibia recorded fewer cases of rhino and elephant poaching this year compared to recent years, the southern African nation’s minister of environment and tourism said on Monday. Namibia has one of the largest black rhino populations in the world; but as in neighboring South Africa, it is under threat from the lucrative […]
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(Reuters) – Bank of America Corp <BAC.N> will start using an additional layer of authentication for its online banking services, the Wall Street bank said on Monday, amid a wave of high-profile data breaches at several big U.S. companies. BofA said it would incorporate Intel Corp’s <INTC.O> Online Connect technology, that enables fingerprint touch payments, […]
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By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) – Twelve major cities including London, Paris, Los Angeles and Cape Town promised on Monday to buy only zero-emissions buses from 2025 and to make major areas free of fossil fuel emissions by 2030 to protect the environment. The 12, with a combined population of almost 80 million, said they […]
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