Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Heron Power plans $100 million factory for advanced electric grid equipment
By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Heron Power, a startup run by a former senior executive of EV maker Tesla, said on Thursday it plans to build a $100 million factory in California to make ...
Aug 13, 2026
Exclusive-Microsoft retreats in China, but AI boom helps it keep a window open
By Eduardo Baptista and Casey Hall BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft once regarded the idea of quitting China as unthinkable. The year was 2010 and Google was about to exit due to concern...
Aug 13, 2026
In record US wildfire season, firefighter entrapments hit 20-year high
By Andrew Hay Aug 13 (Reuters) - U.S. firefighting personnel are being overrun by wildfires at the highest rate in two decades, leading to six deaths and dozens of injuries this year, federal data sho...
Aug 13, 2026
Novo CEO says obesity market won't be winner-take-all battle with Lilly
By Michael Erman NEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk CEO Mike Doustdar said investors are underestimating the demand for differentiation among obesity drugs, and that new treatment options like ...
Aug 13, 2026
Israel sends troops into West Bank homes besieged by Jewish settlers
By Ali Sawafta QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Israeli troops took up positions inside Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra on Thursday, the mayor said, after settlers trapped Pale...
Aug 13, 2026
German police: suspicious object on rail tracks did not contain explosives
FRANKFURT, Aug 13 (Reuters) - German police said on Thursday that a suspicious object found on rail tracks in a Bavarian town did not contain explosives, as initially feared. Earlier on Thursday, buil...
Aug 13, 2026
Swiss government urges parliament to reject initiative opposing EU deal
ZURICH, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The Swiss government on Thursday recommended that parliament reject an initiative aimed at blocking a new agreement between Switzerland and the European Union that would mar...
Aug 13, 2026
ECB set to deliver final rate hike next month in shortest tightening drive since 2011: Reuters poll
By Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will raise interest rates once more next month, as high energy prices push inflation further from the bank's 2% target, and th...
Aug 13, 2026
Ghana's cocoa farmers push back against new law on land use
By Emmanuel Bruce ACCRA, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Ghanaian cocoa farmers are pushing back against a newly passed law that restricts how they can use their own land, urging President John Dramani Mahama to w...
Aug 13, 2026
SMIC profit more than triples on AI-driven chip demand
By Che Pan and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Aug 13 (Reuters) - China's largest contract chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp , reported on Thursday second-quarter profit more than tr...
Aug 13, 2026
