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Singaporean jailed for 30 years for ‘horrific’ torture, killing of Myanmar maid
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's High Court sentenced a woman to 30 years in prison on Tuesday for killing her Myanmar maid after more than a year of abuse that included starving, torturing and beati...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
Iran seizes 7,000 cryptocurrency computer miners, largest haul to date
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian police have seized 7,000 computer miners at an illegal cryptocurrency farm, their largest haul to date of the energy-guzzling machines that have exacerbated power outages in ...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
Vatican wants changes to Italy draft law against homophobia
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican has protested to Italy over a draft law to combat homophobia, saying that in its present form it could restrict the religious freedom of the Cat...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
Splunk receives $1 billion investment from Silver Lake
(Reuters) - Splunk Inc said on Tuesday that it had received $1 billion in investment from private-equity firm Silver Lake, triggering an 8% jump in shares of the data analytics software firm in premar...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
French drinks firm Pernod Ricard confident about Asia prospects
By Dominique Vidalon and Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) - Pernod Ricard is confident about its prospects in Asia, helped by cognac and scotch whisky demand in China, the French drinks company's Asia ...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
Switzerland recommends 12-15 year olds get Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shot
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland on Tuesday said children between 12 and 15 years old could be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the shot from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. The recommendation f...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
Taliban launch major offensives in northern Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have conducted a wave of offensives in Afghanistan's north in recent days, moving beyond their southern strongholds as international forces withdraw. The United Na...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
The final frontier: doing laundry in space
By Siddharth Cavale (Reuters) - Ever wondered how astronauts aboard the International Space Station do their laundry? Well, they don't, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is ...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
McDonald’s to launch loyalty program across U.S. in July
(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp said on Tuesday its U.S. loyalty program would be available across the country at participating restaurants from July 8. The burger chain started testing its MyMcDonald's R...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
SiFive aims to challenge Arm with new tech, pairs with Intel on effort
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - SiFive Inc on Tuesday released a new computing chip design that aims to challenge Arm Ltd's dominance in smartphone chips and said it would pair with Intel Corp's factori...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
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