Danish inventor gets life for gory murder of journalist on his submarine

[ad_1] COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish inventor Peter Madsen was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for murdering, sexually mutilating and dismembering a Swedish female journalist with premeditation aboard his…

French startup Ynsect to build world’s biggest bug farm

[ad_1] DOLE, France (Reuters) – Growing global demand for food is putting a squeeze on available land and one French startup says it has the answer: indoor insect farming. Ynsect…

Scientists spray saliva-like droplets in stadium to study how fans spread aerosols

[ad_1] AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Scientists are using the Netherlands’ largest football stadium to model how a cheering football crowd might spread aerosols through the air by spraying fine droplets, made…

UK to roll out Astra/Oxford COVID vaccine after world-first approval

[ad_1] By Alistair Smout, Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Wednesday became the first country to approve the coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, hoping that rapid…

Facebook faces U.S. lawsuits that could force sale of Instagram, WhatsApp

[ad_1] By Diane Bartz, Nandita Bose, Katie Paul (This story corrects date in paragraph 14 to July 2019, not July 2020) WASHINGTON/PALO ALTO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc could be forced…

Siemens’ $18 billion energy spin-off falls in Frankfurt debut

[ad_1] By Christoph Steitz, Alexander Hübner FRANKFURT/MUNICH (Reuters) – Shares in Siemens Energy ENR1n.DE opened lower than expected on their first day of trading on the Frankfurt stock exchange, as…

Denmark’s Mads Mikkelsen to replace Depp in next ‘Fantastic Beasts’ movie

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen has been chosen to replace Johnny Depp in the upcoming third film in the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise, Warner Bros. said on…

Final curtain for Danish mink as government bans breeding

[ad_1] COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark on Monday agreed on a temporary ban on mink breeding, leaving little hope to rebuild the industry, which pioneered the global fur trade. Mink pelts…