Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK clears Amazon deal to buy 16% stake in online food platform Deliveroo
(Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator on Tuesday cleared Amazon's purchase of a 16% stake in online delivery group Deliveroo, following a provisional nod in June. The Competition and Markets Aut...
Aug 04, 2020
President of Belarus accuses Russia of lying, warns of revolution plot
MINSK (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday accused Russia of lying over an alleged mercenary plot to destabilise his country and said unnamed forces were trying to carry ou...
Aug 04, 2020
U.S. congressional primaries in five states feature polar political opposites
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kansas arch-conservative Kris Kobach and prominent Michigan progressive Rashida Tlaib - candidates from the outer edges of the Republican and Democratic partie...
Aug 04, 2020
WHO says China team interviewed Wuhan scientists over virus origins
GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Health Organization team in China to probe the origins of COVID-19 had "extensive discussions" and exchanges with scientists in Wuhan where the outbreak was first detected, ...
Aug 04, 2020
Philippines back under lockdown as virus cases continue to surge
By Adrian Portugal MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine police deployed road blocks on Tuesday to enforce a tough new lockdown on about 28 million people in the capital Manila and nearby provinces as the Sou...
Aug 04, 2020
Thai PM asks student protesters ‘not to create chaos’
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's prime minister on Tuesday asked increasingly bold student-led protesters "not to create chaos" after some broke longstanding taboos by openly calling for reform of the c...
Aug 04, 2020
‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ faces tough race to win old job back
By David Shwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Arizona's largest county who built a national reputation as a staunch opponent of illegal immigration and found a powerful ally i...
Aug 04, 2020
Booking.com wants to lay off a quarter of its staff: NRC Handelsblad
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Booking Holding Inc., the U.S.-based company that owns travel website Booking.com, wants to layoff one quarter of its 17,000 workers as a result of business lost during the coron...
Aug 04, 2020
Military helps worn-out nurses, sicker patients in California COVID-19 effort
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - All day long, as Air Force nurse Major Pinky Brewton cares for patients struggling to breathe in California's COVID-19 ravaged San Joaquin Valley, fe...
Aug 04, 2020
Sun Pharma latest to sell COVID-19 drug favipiravir in India
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said on Tuesday it would soon begin selling its version of favipiravir, becoming the latest generic drugmaker to supply the antiviral to...
Aug 04, 2020
