Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Monday Update: State Reports Lowest COVID-19 Case Growth in Two Weeks on Low Testing Day
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Wisconsin reported its fewest new confirmed coronavirus cases in two weeks on Monday as the total number of tests also fell. The state Department of Health Services sai...
Jul 27, 2020
Engineer’s best friend: How a dog-like robot is helping Ford retool plants
(Reuters) - It runs, walks, and prances, rhythmically tapping its four feet before it sinks down on its haunches and crouches. Despite its name, Fluffy has no fur. But the bright yellow robot, leased ...
Jul 27, 2020
Egypt and Sudan criticize Ethiopia at start of new Nile dam talks
CAIRO/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Egypt and Sudan criticized Ethiopia for what they called unilateral filling of its Blue Nile dam at a new round of talks that kicked off on Monday to regulate the flow of wa...
Jul 27, 2020
Exclusive: Italy working to create single broadband champion independent of TIM – source
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government is studying a plan to create a single ultra-fast broadband network that could initially be majority-owned by phone incumbent Telecom Italia (TIM) ...
Jul 27, 2020
Lebanon reimposes COVID-19 restrictions as infections spike
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon reimposed severe COVID-19 restrictions on Monday for the next two weeks, shutting places of worship, cinemas, bars, nightclubs, sports events and popular markets, after a sh...
Jul 27, 2020
Malta rescues 95 migrants from sinking dinghy
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta's armed forces have rescued a group of 95 migrants found in distress on a dinghy north of Libya and brought them ashore at a military base near the capital Valletta, authori...
Jul 27, 2020
Russia’s Putin, Turkey’s Erdogan discuss conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan discussed by phone the intensified military conflict on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Kr...
Jul 27, 2020
New heart problems discovered post COVID-19; virus mutation may make vaccines more effective
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caus...
Jul 27, 2020
U.S. judge rejects imposing attorney fee levy on opioid lawsuit settlements
(Reuters) - A federal judge overseeing thousands of opioid lawsuits declined on Monday to grant a demand by plaintiffs attorneys for fees that could be worth billions of dollars, a request drug compan...
Jul 27, 2020
U.S. consumers received $9.8 billion in Volkswagen diesel settlements: FTC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Monday that buyers of polluting Volkswagen AG vehicles received more than $9.8 billion in settlements. Volkswagen agreed to offer...
Jul 27, 2020
