Author Archives: Syndicated Content
As Cubans let guard down, coronavirus rebounds slightly
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Just 10 days ago, Cuba registered zero new coronavirus cases for the first time since the start of its outbreak, burnishing its reputation for a textbook handling of ...
Jul 30, 2020
Fowler grabs clubhouse lead in Memphis, Koepka finds form
(Reuters) - Rickie Fowler put a poor recent run behind him to grab the clubhouse lead in the first round of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis on Thursday. Fowler, who has missed the cut i...
Jul 30, 2020
Brazil registers 57,837 confirmed cases of new coronavirus, 1,129 deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 57,837 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, as well as 1,129 deaths from the disease, the Health Ministry said on Thursd...
Jul 30, 2020
Trump says he doesn’t want to delay 2020 election; but worried about mail-in ballots
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hours after suggesting a possible delay in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he did not want to postpone the vote, but remained c...
Jul 30, 2020
Trump urges Democrats to help approve legislation for eviction moratorium
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Democrats to help approve legislation extending protection from eviction for renters who have lost their jobs because of the coronavirus...
Jul 30, 2020
Pompeo says U.S. has expanded scope of Iran metals sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said he was expanding the scope of Iran metals sanctions, targeting 22 specific materials that he said were used in connection wi...
Jul 30, 2020
U.S. should not stand in way of U.N. chief naming new Libya envoy, Germany says
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States should not stop United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from naming a new U.N. Libya envoy to replace Ghassan Salame who quit nearl...
Jul 30, 2020
Brazil descendents of escaped slaves tested for coronavirus
By Pablo Garcia REGISTRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Escaped slaves in Brazil seeking to live freely often set up communities called quilombos where their former owners could not find them. But the coronaviru...
Jul 30, 2020
U.S. lawmakers offer bill to boost aid for Ukraine military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation to back Ukraine with $300 million of annual military financing and other support on Thursday, a year after the Eas...
Jul 30, 2020
Botswana reinstates coronavirus lockdown in capital for two weeks
GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana's capital city Gaborone returned to a two-week lockdown from midnight on Thursday to stem the latest local coronavirus surge in the country, an official said. Under new r...
Jul 30, 2020
