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Key dates leading up to the close of Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jury deliberations are expected to continue on Tuesday in the sex abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite charged by U.S. prosecutors with recruiting ...
Dec 21, 2021
U.S. tornadoes push insurers 2021 bill over $105 billion as climate change impact grows
By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn (Reuters) - Devastation from tornadoes that slammed parts of the United States this month will push the insurance industry's 2021 bill for weather-related claim...
Dec 21, 2021
Exclusive-Pardes to go public, says COVID-19 antiviral pill does not need booster
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - Pardes Biosciences on Tuesday said early human testing shows that its experimental COVID-19 antiviral pill works as a standalone treatment and announced plans to go public...
Dec 21, 2021
Jury to resume deliberations in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The jury in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex abuse trial is expected to resume deliberations on Tuesday, after three weeks of testimony from women who said the British sociali...
Dec 21, 2021
EU sets binding 9-month validity of vaccinations for COVID-19 travel pass
(Reuters) - The European Commission on Tuesday adopted rules that will make the European Union COVID-19 certificate valid for travel nine months after the completion of the primary vaccination schedul...
Dec 21, 2021
Japan to extend border control measures for time being, Kishida says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will extend its COVID-19 border-control measures for the time being, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday, giving no end-date for one of the world's strictest curbs on ...
Dec 21, 2021
Airline passengers can claim if flight brought forward – EU court
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Passengers in Europe are entitled to compensation not only if their flights are delayed but also if they are brought forward by more than an hour, the European Union's top court r...
Dec 21, 2021
Chimes from Crusader times: Recreating Nativity Church’s Mediaeval music
By Rinat Harash JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Crusader-era bells and organ pipes from the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem are inspiring researchers' efforts to re-create music as it may have sounded in th...
Dec 21, 2021
Toyota to start car hardware, software update service in Japan
By Maki Shiraki TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Tuesday it will launch a service next year offering customisation and updates for cars as customers increasingly hold on to their vehicles f...
Dec 21, 2021
As Omicron surges, Biden to expand testing and warn unvaccinated
By Jarrett Renshaw and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will open federal COVID-19 testing sites in New York City this week and buy 500 million at-home rapid tests that...
Dec 21, 2021
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