Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Google Maps helps Italian police capture mafia fugitive
ROME (Reuters) - Italian police has caught a top mafia fugitive who had been on the run for nearly 20 years thanks to the help of the Google Maps app, an investigator told Reuters on Wednesday. After ...
Jan 05, 2022
GM to chase Ford, Rivian with a $105,000 electric Silverado pickup
By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co's $35 billion electric vehicle strategy will face its biggest test in 2023 when it launches an electric version of its Chevrolet Silverado pickup ...
Jan 05, 2022
GM’s electric commercial vehicle unit signs deals with Walmart, FedEx
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co's electric commercial vehicle business, BrightDrop, said on Wednesday it has signed a new deal to supply EVs to retail giant Walmart Inc and expand...
Jan 05, 2022
Portugal could ease isolation rules by Jan. 30 vote as infections soar
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's authorities said on Wednesday that isolation rules for quarantined voters may need to be eased ahead of a snap general election on Jan. 30 as the country reported a daily...
Jan 05, 2022
Poland summons Belarusian charge d’affaires over diplomat’s expulsion
WARSAW (Reuters) - The Polish foreign ministry summoned the Belarusian charge d'affaires over the expulsion of a Polish diplomat from Belarus, it said on Wednesday. Tensions have been running high bet...
Jan 05, 2022
GM aims to launch personal self-driving car by mid-decade -CEO
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) - General Motors Co aims to introduce a "personal autonomous vehicle" by mid-decade, Chief Executive Mary Barra said on Wednesday. The self-driving vehicle for personal use i...
Jan 05, 2022
UK BLM protesters acquitted over pulling down of slave trader statue
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Three men and a woman were cleared on Wednesday of causing criminal damage for helping to pull down a statue of a 17th century slave trade magnate and throw it into...
Jan 05, 2022
Biden could name new Fed officials as soon as this week – source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden could announce nominees for three top positions on the Federal Reserve Board as soon as this week, a person familiar with the process said on Wednesday....
Jan 05, 2022
Turkey logs record 66,467 COVID-19 cases as Omicron surges
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey recorded 66,467 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest daily figure on record, health ministry data showed on Wednesday, as infections surge due to the Omicron v...
Jan 05, 2022
Powerful ex-leader Nazarbayev is main target of Kazakhs’ anger
(Reuters) - Nursultan Nazarbayev, stripped on Wednesday of his role as head of Kazakhstan's powerful Security Council amid violent street protests, has dominated his vast oil-producing Central Asian n...
Jan 05, 2022
