Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Consumers Energy hopes to have power for all customers on Wednesday
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Consumers Energy reported Wednesday morning that about 200 Branch County customers were still without power almost one week after two devastating storms ripped through the c...
Aug 18, 2021
Germany says Iran’s accelerated enrichment of uranium is “very negative step”
BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran's acceleration of its enrichment of uranium to near weapons-grade breaches restrictions imposed in a 2015 nuclear deal, Germany said on Wednesday, urging Tehran to return to ne...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. housing starts fall sharply in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilding fell more than expected in July, the latest indication that surging construction costs and home prices continued to constrain the housing market early in the t...
Aug 18, 2021
Singapore jails Briton for not wearing face mask in public
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore court sentenced a British man to six weeks in prison on Wednesday, local media reported, after he repeatedly breached coronavirus protocols by refusing to wear a face...
Aug 18, 2021
Third Pfizer dose 86% effective in over 60s, Israeli HMO says
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - A third dose of Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine was found to be 86% effective in people aged over 60, an Israeli healthcare provider said on Wednesday, citing initial results f...
Aug 18, 2021
Volkswagen’s Mexico unit says reached deal with union for salary increase of 5.5%
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG's Mexico unit said on Wednesday that it had agreed with a workers' union to a 5.5% salary increase. The deal with the Independent Union of Volkswagen Automotive I...
Aug 18, 2021
At least three dead following anti-Taliban protests in Jalalabad – witnesses
(Removes reference to 'western' city in first paragraph) (Reuters) - At least three people were killed and more than a dozen injured after Taliban militants opened fire during protests against the gro...
Aug 18, 2021
Poland gets 50 people out of Afghanistan, offers to bring out more
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has evacuated around 50 people from Afghanistan, a deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday, part of an international effort to get diplomats and other civilians out of the ...
Aug 18, 2021
Flying solo, 19-year-old woman takes off on round-the-world record bid
By Clement Rossignol BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Pilot Zara Rutherford, 19, took off on Wednesday at the start of a three-month bid to become the youngest woman to fly solo round the world. Rutherford depart...
Aug 18, 2021
Comcast, ViacomCBS to launch joint streaming service in Europe
(Reuters) - Comcast Corp and ViacomCBS will launch a joint streaming service "SkyShowtime" in over 20 European markets starting 2022, the media companies said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Chavi Mehta i...
Aug 18, 2021
