Author Archives: Syndicated Content
That sinking feeling: Poor nations struggle with U.N. climate fund
By Emma Rumney and Simon Jessop JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The Philippines has sought financing for seven projects from a U.N. environmental fund to tackle the catastrophic impact of climate change. Yet...
Nov 11, 2021
Senator Gary Peters releases video honoring Veterans Day
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) – Senator Gary Peters, a former Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released a video in advance of Ve...
Nov 11, 2021
Moderna offers COVID-19 shot at $7 to African Union – Africa CDC head
HARARE (Reuters) - Moderna Inc has offered to sell its COVID-19 vaccines to the African Union at $7 a shot, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control John Nkengasong said on Thursday. "I am happy...
Nov 11, 2021
Green investors say transportation pledges hinge on tech advances
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - Environmentally minded investors praised carbon-cutting pledges by major transportation companies and governments announced at the U.N. climate summit on Wednesday but said ...
Nov 11, 2021
Telefonica plans to cut up to 4,000 jobs in H1 2022 by voluntary redundancy -source
By Clara-Laeila Laudette MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish mobile and broadband operator Telefonica plans to cut at least 2,000 jobs and up to 4,000 through voluntary redundancy in the first half of 2022, a ...
Nov 11, 2021
Jerami Grant helps Pistons break losing streak with win at Houston
HOUSTON, TX (WKZO AM/FM) – Jerami Grant poured in 35 points in the Detroit Pistons 112-104 win over the Rockets in Houston Wednesday night. The Pistons took the lead late in the third quarter an...
Nov 11, 2021
South Africa’s de Klerk brokered end to white rule
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's last white president F.W. de Klerk, who died on Thursday aged 85, stunned the world when he scrapped apartheid and negotiated a peaceful transfer of power to a ...
Nov 11, 2021
Hunter Dickinson has big night to lead U of M to win in men’s basketball opener
ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Number-six University of Michigan beat Buffalo 88-76 in their men’s basketball opener last night at Crisler Arena. Hunter Dickinson had 27 points to lead the W...
Nov 11, 2021
Canada’s new COVID-19 epicenters are more remote, less vaccinated and less resourced
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's coronavirus epicenters are shifting from dense urban zones to more rural or remote areas that have lower vaccination rates and fewer public health r...
Nov 11, 2021
Britney Spears’ journey from teen phenom to guardianship
(Reuters) - A Los Angeles court on Friday will discuss whether to end the legal arrangement, called a conservatorship, that has controlled the personal and business affairs of Britney Spears since 200...
Nov 11, 2021
