Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Israeli government budget and bond manager to resign
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Accountant General Rony Hizkiyahu, who for the past three and a half years has overseen the country's finances and handled government bond offerings, announced on Sunday ...
Jul 26, 2020
Latin America leads world in coronavirus cases, Reuters count shows
By Daniela Desantis and Javier Leira ASUNCION/SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases in Latin America for the first time have surpassed the combined infections in the United States and Canada, a Reute...
Jul 26, 2020
Putin, Zelenskiy discuss conflict in eastern Ukraine on eve of ceasefire
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed the conflict in eastern Ukraine and both expressed support for a ceasefire that starts on July 27, their...
Jul 26, 2020
Moderna gets further $472 million U.S. award for coronavirus vaccine development
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Sunday it has received an additional $472 million from the U.S. government's Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to support development of it...
Jul 26, 2020
Florida records 9,300 new coronavirus cases, blows past New York
By Diane Craft (Reuters) - Florida on Sunday became the second state after California to overtake New York, the worst-hit state at the start of the U.S. novel coronavirus outbreak, according to a Reut...
Jul 26, 2020
‘Delicious taxes’: Thai protesters use Japanese cartoon hamster to mock government
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of Thai protesters sang a Japanese cartoon jingle on Sunday with lyrics mocking the government as hungry hamsters feasting on taxpayer cash, par...
Jul 26, 2020
Motorcycling: Quartararo wins Andalusian MotoGP as Yamahas dominate in Jerez
JEREZ, Spain (Reuters) - Fabio Quartararo of Petronas Yamaha led from start to finish in the scorching heat of Jerez to win an incident-packed Andalusian MotoGP on Sunday. Frenchman Quartararo, who al...
Jul 26, 2020
Gulf dispute has gone on too long, U.S. envoy says on visit
DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. Special Envoy Brian Hook said on Sunday a deep rift among Gulf Arab states had gone on for too long and he urged them to rebuild trust and unity. Gulf states Saudi Arabia, the U...
Jul 26, 2020
UK critical of Twitter, Instagram for being slow to remove Wiley’s posts
LONDON (Reuters) - British interior minister Priti Patel said on Sunday she had asked Twitter and Instagram for a full explanation of why anti-Semitic comments made by rap artist Wiley remained on the...
Jul 26, 2020
Set sail and social distance: Taiwan resumes ocean cruise amid pandemic
By Ann Wang KEELUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan resumed an island-hoping ocean cruise on Sunday, joining a handful of places in the world to restart voyages after the coronavirus pandemic brought the i...
Jul 26, 2020
