Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China makes desalination push to ease water scarcity
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will invest in new desalination plants over the 2021-2025 period and raise capacity to 2.9 million tonnes a day in a bid to boost water supplies, the country's state plannin...
Jun 02, 2021
Pentagon chief, Saudi crown prince discuss regional security, Yemen war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday and emphasized U.S. commitment to helping Saudi Arabia defend its territory an...
Jun 02, 2021
U.S. Treasury says G7 expected to endorse U.S. global minimum tax proposal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - G7 finance ministers are expected to endorse a U.S. proposal for an ambitious global corporate minimum tax when they meet on Friday and Saturday in London, a U.S. Treasury offic...
Jun 02, 2021
Analysis: China seeks to milk the milk market but doesn’t have enough cows
By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - China has come to crave milk. Demand that had been steadily growing has spiked further after doctors touted its health benefits amid the coronavirus pandemic an...
Jun 02, 2021
Britain hosts G7 health summit amid pressure to broaden COVID vaccine access
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will host health ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) rich countries in Oxford on Thursday for a two-day summit, as pressure intensifies to do more to broaden access to CO...
Jun 02, 2021
Governor Whitmer signs executive directive to expand high-speed internet access for Michiganders
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Governor Gretchen Whitmer today issued Executive Directive 2021-02 to help bridge the digital divide by establishing the Michigan High-Speed Internet Office (MIHI) to ...
Jun 02, 2021
China farmers push back the desert – one tree at a time
By David Stanway WUWEI, China (Reuters) - After a hard morning planting fresh shoots in the dunes on the edge of the Gobi Desert, 78-year-old farmer Wang Tianchang retrieves a three-stringed lute from...
Jun 02, 2021
Australia’s Victoria posts lowest rise in daily COVID-19 cases in a week
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second-most populous state, Victoria, reported its lowest rise in new COVID-19 cases in more than a week on Thursday, a day after authorities extended a snap lockdown in...
Jun 02, 2021
Exxon director calls activist campaign, ESG pressures a ‘tidal wave’ – speech
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp Director Ursula Burns called environmental pressures and the successful activist campaign to gain board seats at the biggest U.S. oil producer a "tidal wave" in a speech o...
Jun 02, 2021
Golf-USGA launches program to boost media coverage of women’s golf
By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The United States Golf Association (USGA) on Wednesday launched a program aimed at increasing media coverage of the women's game by offering financial support...
Jun 02, 2021
