Author Archives: Syndicated Content
COVID-19 pandemic derails Germany’s push for migrant integration
By Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) - Nigerian Iyke Anakua had been working for 14 months as a welder, a job he got through a recruitment agency in Berlin, when he received news in mid-March that he would...
Jul 30, 2020
WHO chief says some COVID-19 spikes due to ‘young letting down guard’
GENEVA (Reuters) - World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said spikes in the number of new COVID-19 cases in some countries were driven partly by young people letting down their gu...
Jul 30, 2020
Strong ratings boost momentum for women’s sport
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - U.S. women's soccer and basketball earned strong television ratings as they returned after being put on hold due to COVID-19, helping to quell concern that the pandemic woul...
Jul 30, 2020
Curfew adjusted by an hour in South Africa to help restaurants
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa will allow struggling sit-down restaurants to serve customers dinner for an extra hour until 10 p.m, Minister of Tourism Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane announced on Thu...
Jul 30, 2020
Exclusive: Exxon prepares spending, job cuts in last ditch move to save dividend
By Jennifer Hiller, Ron Bousso and Dmitry Zhdannikov HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp is preparing deep spending and job cuts, according to people familiar with the matter, as it fights to preserv...
Jul 30, 2020
U.S. urges Pakistan to act after American charged with blasphemy shot in court
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The United States urged Pakistan on Thursday to take action over the killing of an American national in a crowded courtroom as he faced trial for blasphemy. Ta...
Jul 30, 2020
FBI says errors uncovered in wiretap applications were mostly ‘non-material’
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI said on Thursday that the errors and sloppy record-keeping identified in connection with 29 of its applications submitted to a federal court to obtain ...
Jul 30, 2020
UK care home residents, staff unable to get regular COVID-19 tests, says care provider
LONDON (Reuters) - One of Britain's largest care home providers said the government is unable to meet its promise to regularly test staff and residents in care homes after problems were discovered wit...
Jul 30, 2020
Mexican Formula One driver Perez isolating after inconclusive COVID test
By Alan Baldwin SILVERSTONE, England (Reuters) - Mexican Formula One driver Sergio Perez was self-isolating on Thursday after an inconclusive test for COVID-19, the governing FIA said at the British G...
Jul 30, 2020
Portugal’s nightclubs and bars allowed to reopen, but without dancefloors
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Clubbers in Portugal eager to shake off the coronavirus blues will have to wait a little longer to dance the night away, as nightclubs were given the green light ...
Jul 30, 2020
