Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mature democracies should shun political personality cults, pope says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Mature democracies must shun the temptation to glorify an individual political personality and make sure that the rule of law prevails over partisan interests, Pope Francis sa...
Feb 08, 2021
Brazil’s 2021 inflation outlook rises to highest in almost a year, survey shows
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The outlook for Brazilian inflation rose for a fifth consecutive week, a central bank survey of economists showed on Monday, closer to the bank's central target for the year. The ...
Feb 08, 2021
Questions linger as ailing Nadal begins bid for Grand Slam record
(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal begins his pursuit of a record 21st Grand Slam title under an injury cloud against Serbian Laslo Djere on Tuesday, with home favourite Ash Barty also in the spotlight on the sec...
Feb 08, 2021
Seven years on, Yazidi survivor buries father slain by Islamic State
By Charlotte Bruneau KOJO, Iraq (Reuters) - Thikran Kamiran Yousif was 15 when Islamic State fighters surrounded his village in northern Iraq, rounded up residents and slaughtered several hundred of t...
Feb 08, 2021
A shipmaster is buried in Colombia, but his widow can’t prove his death in Venezuela
By Angus Berwick (Reuters) - A year after a Colombian oil tanker captain was murdered by Venezuela's military, his widow says she still cannot claim his pension to support their two sons as the Venezu...
Feb 08, 2021
Chinese regulators call in Tesla over customer complaints
By Yilei Sun and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese government officials have met representatives from U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Inc over reports from consumers about battery fires, unexpected ...
Feb 08, 2021
Elon Musk puts up $100 million for global carbon reduction competition
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc boss and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is offering a $100 million prize in a four-year global competition to find a way of reducing carbon dioxide from the Earth's atmospher...
Feb 08, 2021
Tesla invests about $1.50 billion in bitcoin
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc invested about $1.50 billion in bitcoin, the electric carmaker said in an annual filing. (https://bit.ly/3q53p1m) (Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru; Editing by Bernard Or...
Feb 08, 2021
Argentina detects first cases of Brazilian coronavirus variants
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina has detected the first cases of two Brazilian variants of the coronavirus in travelers from the neighboring nation, the government said on Monday. "The Amazonas P1 v...
Feb 08, 2021
Gas prices in Michigan likely to keep trending higher for the rest of February
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Gas prices in Michigan have continued an upward spike, increasing 11 cents on average per-gallon from last week. Drivers are now paying an average of $2.50 per gallon...
Feb 08, 2021
