After a weekend of wild and burning weather, California residents were warned Sunday to step in for Wednesday’s chance to shine. More than 200,000 PG&E Corp. PCG, -2.18% customers in Northern California on Saturday lost power in the state’s first sequence of rolling blackouts since the Enron-fueled statewide energy crisis …
Read More »Australian Prime Minister apologizes for cruise ship failures after COVID-19 spike
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s leader in the state of New South Wales on Monday apologized for not stopping people carrying the new coronavirus from marching off a cruise ship in Sydney in March. t what was at the time that Australia was its worst outbreak. FILE PHOTO: A medical worker …
Read More »Unilever to rename German ‘gypsy sauce’ after complaints
FILE PHOTO: The Unilever logo will be seen at the headquarters in Rotterdam, the Netherlands 21 August 2018. REUTERS / Piroschka van de Wouw BERLIN (Reuters) – Unilever’s (ULVR.LGerman food company Knorr will rename the popular “Gypsy” – as a gypsy – sauce as Hungarian-style paprika sauce after complaints that …
Read More »The COVID-19 outbreak of New Zealand is growing because Australian cases are easier
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A new outbreak of coronavirus in New Zealand is still growing, health officials said on Sunday, with the country having an early triumph over the pandemic recording 13 new cases and the general election of September in question. After the virus contaminated earlier this year before it …
Read More »British government faces increasing pressure over exam series
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government on Sunday faced the threat of legal action and criticism from its own lawmakers after anger caused by the abuse of English diplomas during the pandemic. FILE PHOTO: Students wearing protective face masks hold placards as they protest outside the Department of Education, amid …
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