Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Australian businesses commit to $38 billion new UK investment, Britain says
LONDON (Reuters) - Australian businesses have committed to investing 28.5 billion pounds ($37.5 billion) in sectors such as infrastructure and clean energy in Britain, the British government said foll...
Mar 30, 2022
Australia’s Qantas aims to cut carbon emissions 25% by 2030
By Jamie Freed SYDNEY (Reuters) -Qantas Airways Ltd said on Thursday it planned to reduce carbon emissions by about 25% by 2030, in part by boosting sustainable aviation fuel to 10% of its fuel mix an...
Mar 30, 2022
Major automakers back tough U.S. vehicle emissions rules in court battle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major U.S. and foreign automakers on Wednesday backed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new tougher vehicle emissions regulations in a court challenge brought by some ...
Mar 30, 2022
Grubhub, Uber Eats, Postmates must face diners’ lawsuit over U.S. restaurant prices
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday said Grubhub, Uber Eats and Postmates must face an antitrust lawsuit by diners who accused them of driving up menu prices by exploiti...
Mar 30, 2022
Williamson stepping down as CEO of Community Action Agency South Central Michigan
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) – Community Action Agency South Central Michigan CEO Michelle Williamson has announced that she will be resigning from that position, but will be staying with the agency....
Mar 30, 2022
Ex-priest sentenced to 20 years in Costa Rica for 2003 child abuse
By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) - A Costa Rican court sentenced a former priest to 20 years in prison Wednesday for sexual abuse of a minor, more than two years after the then-cleric was captured...
Mar 30, 2022
Groups urge Biden to reject potential WTO ‘concept’ on COVID-19 vaccine barriers
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors without Borders, Oxfam America, Amnesty International and other top civil society groups on Wednesday urged U.S. President Joe Biden to reject a potenti...
Mar 30, 2022
U.S. looks at adding more ethanol to gas to lower pump price – sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Biden administration is considering temporarily removing restrictions on summer sales of higher-ethanol gasoline as a way to lower fuel costs for U.S. consumers, three sources...
Mar 30, 2022
U.S. FDA panel votes against Amylyx’s ALS drug
(Reuters) - A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday voted against approving Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc's drug for myotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurod...
Mar 30, 2022
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine slashes pediatric hospitalization risk -U.S. study
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Children ages 5 to 11 who received the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were 68% less likely to be hospitalized during the Omicron wave in the United States than ...
Mar 30, 2022
