FILE PHOTO: The Nestle logo is pictured on the company headquarters entrance building in Vevey, Switzerland February 18, 2016. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo January 17, 2018 By Martinne Geller and Francesca Landini LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) – Swiss food group Nestle <NESN.S> has agreed to sell its U.S. confectionery business to Italy’s Ferrero […]
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Pence urges peaceful end to standoff over Afghan Governor
FILE PHOTO: Atta Mohammad Noor, Governor of the Balkh province, gestures as he speaks during an interview in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan January 1, 2018. REUTERS/Anil Usyan January 17, 2018 KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called for a peaceful change of leadership in the northern Afghan province of Balkh, […]
Euro surge threatens profitable bond trades
FILE PHOTO: The signature of the President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, is seen on the new 50 euro banknote during a presentation by the German Central Bank (Bundesbank) at its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach January 17, 2018 By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON […]
Roberts County: A year in the most pro-Trump town in America
Miami is a town in the Texas panhandle where everyone knows everyone at the grocery store and servers at the local diner know who likes what kind of pie with their chicken fried steak. The community’s busy season is largely dictated by the needs of the cattle, tended to on […]
Marathon-running mom, 10-year-old boy among latest flu victims
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says this season’s flu outbreak is peaking, but it will likely take weeks before it slows down, reports CBS News’ Dr. Tara Narula. While children under 5 and adults over 65 are more susceptible, the virus kills thousands of people of all ages […]
Wintry mess bringing danger to much of South and beyond
ATLANTA — The South woke up Wednesday to a two-part Arctic mess. First came a thin blanket of snow and ice, and then came the below-zero wind chills. The snowfall sabotaged morning rush hour even before it began, sending cars crashing into each other on major thoroughfares throughout the region. Officials […]
House Republicans eye a budget funding extension, but a ‘Dreamer’ deal won’t be a part of it
House Republicans considered on Tuesday a stopgap bill to fund the U.S. government through Feb. 16 to avert a shutdown, but the measure would not include Democrats’ demands for protections for young people brought to the United States illegally as children. Partisan finger-pointing over immigration policy on Tuesday left Congress […]
Saudi Arabia to transfer $2 billion after urgent Yemen plea
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman ordered the transfer of $2 billion to Yemen on Wednesday, a day after Yemen’s Saudi-backed prime minister made an urgent appeal on the kingdom and its allies to save the local currency from “complete collapse.” Continue Reading Below Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid […]
Searches at French baby milk maker after salmonella scare
PARIS – French authorities are searching five sites run by dairy giant Lactalis in an investigation into the botched mass recall of baby milk products after a salmonella scare. Continue Reading Below The Paris prosecutor’s office said sites being searched Wednesday include Lactalis headquarters in Laval in western France and […]
If your Wi-Fi is acting wonky, your Google Home and Chromecast could be to blame
If your internet connection has been going down, your Google Home and Chromecast devices could be to blame. The issue initially seemed to be relegated only to those who owned the Google Home Max speaker and TP-Link Archer C7 router. New issues have been reported involving other devices by both […]