Author Archives: Syndicated Content
World trade system needs full U.S. participation-WTO official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A functioning global trading system needs "full and active participation" by the United States, World Trade Organization Deputy Director General Alan Wolff said on Tuesday, addi...
Feb 09, 2021
‘Rude and insolent’: fraught talks preceded Myanmar’s army seizing power
By Poppy McPherson BANGKOK (Reuters) - Late on Jan. 28, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi destroyed her phone to prevent it falling into the hands of the military, according to two people close to her. ...
Feb 09, 2021
Coca-Cola turns to 100% recycled plastic bottles in U.S.
(Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co will sell its popular sodas in bottles made from 100% recycled plastic material in the United States, the beverage maker said on Tuesday, in a major shift to combat plastic wa...
Feb 09, 2021
ICE detainee at Calhoun County Jail dies apparently from natural causes
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department says a 58-year-old man died in the Calhoun County Jail last Friday morning. The inmate past away at 11:38 a.m. that m...
Feb 09, 2021
Reddit user claiming to be Tesla insider appeared to reveal bitcoin buy a month ago
By Bhargav Acharya (Reuters) - A Reddit user claiming to be a Tesla insider appeared to announce the carmaker's purchase of bitcoin a month ago, according to a January post on the platform that said t...
Feb 09, 2021
South Africa looking at ways to use AstraZeneca vaccine, advisers say
By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa is looking at ways to deploy AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine after temporarily putting on hold plans to roll it out to healthcare workers, gov...
Feb 09, 2021
Grand Rapids man arrested in Indiana after shooting
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Frederick Dewon Charles, 36 of Grand Rapids, is in a Shelby County, IN, jail facing 21 charges after an incident on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. Police say Charles shot up at lea...
Feb 09, 2021
Exclusive: Ubben seeks $8 billion for new hedge fund amid talks with Exxon – sources
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - Jeffrey Ubben, a hedge fund veteran in talks to join Exxon Mobil Corp's board, is seeking to raise as much as $8 billion for his new socially and environmentally con...
Feb 09, 2021
Tearful Kokkinakis ends six-year victory wait at home Open
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Thanasi Kokkinakis completed an emotional victory over Kwon Soon-woo of South Korea in the Australian Open first round on Tuesday, his first win at his home Grand Slam since 2015...
Feb 09, 2021
UPDATE: Murder suspect arrested, brother turns himself in
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – UPDATE: WWMT reported Tuesday night that the brother police were searching for, David Michael Wallace, has turned himself in. According to the report, Wallace will...
Feb 09, 2021
