Volkswagen to unveil self-driving car as part of post-dieselgate shift
Business & TechNews Mar 6, 2017
GENEVA, March 6 (Reuters) – Volkswagen will show off a fully self-driving car at the Geneva auto show, as part of the German carmaker’s drive to be at the forefront of new technologies in the wake of its diesel emissions scandal. Europe’s biggest carmaker has said it will invest... Read more
Today’s weather update with Kailie Annetts. Read more
By Alastair Sharp TORONTO, March 6 (Reuters) – The court-run sale of a downtown Toronto high-rise bearing the name of U.S. President Donald Trump received no initial bids and ownership will likely fall to its main debt holder, a letter from the receiver showed. The court process only indirectly... Read more
OTTAWA, March 6 (Reuters) – The head of Canada’s national police force will retire on June 30, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Monday, as the country faces potential security challenges from asylum seekers illegally crossing the U.S. border. Commissioner Bob Paulson has served in the top spot... Read more
DUBLIN, March 6 (Reuters) – Ireland will widen an inquiry into former Church-run homes for unmarried mothers if needed, Prime Minister Enda Kenny said on Monday, calling the discovery of long-dead babies at one home “truly appalling.” The remains of babies ranging from newborn to three-years-old were found in... Read more
LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) – A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty water and air, second-hand smoke and a lack or adequate hygiene, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Such unsanitary and polluted environments can... Read more
By Steve Holland and Julia Edwards Ainsley WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order on Monday banning citizens from six Muslim-majority nations from traveling to the United States but removing Iraq from the list after his controversial first attempt was blocked in the... Read more
By Rina Chandran PHANGANE, India, March 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A little before 2 pm each day, when residents of Phangane village in India’s Maharashtra state usually take a quick nap in the heat of the day, elderly women in bright pink sarees head towards a colorful hut,... Read more
Skedline reporter Rob Lowrey takes a deeper look into the importance of mental and physical wellness with college students during Humber Colleges RECESS week. RECESS at Humber College ran from Feb. 27 to Mar. 2. By Rob Lowrey and Kabrena Robinson Read more
