Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UWGB to Hold Drive-Thru Commencement
by Kevin Zimmermann (WHBL) - With no end in sight to the coronavirus pandemic, administrators of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay have announced a drive-through experience for graduating s...
Jul 16, 2020
Don’t leave Britain’s food strategy to the market, says Tesco boss
LONDON (Reuters) - The boss of Tesco , Britain's biggest supermarket group, on Thursday called for a comprehensive UK food strategy that does not rely on market forces but instead brings together heal...
Jul 16, 2020
Sudan says Ethiopia denies filling the Renaissance dam reservoir
CAIRO (Reuters) - Ethiopia told Sudan that the news saying that it has started filling the Renaissance Dam reservoir was incorrect, Sudan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. Ethiopia's...
Jul 16, 2020
UK finance minister Sunak says jobs data shows furlough scheme is working
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said official labour market data published earlier on Thursday showed that the government's huge jobs subsidy programme was working. "What the f...
Jul 16, 2020
Turkish court sentences Germany-based journalist to jail on terrorism charges
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yucel in absentia to jail for 2 years and 9 months for terrorism propaganda, state-owned Anadolu agency said,...
Jul 16, 2020
Twitter shares stumble after high-profile, unprecedented hack
(Reuters) - Shares of Twitter Inc dropped more than 4% in pre-market trading on Thursday, a day after hackers gained access to the social media company's internal systems to hijack accounts of several...
Jul 16, 2020
Global debt hits record high of 331% of GDP in first quarter: IIF
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global debt surged to a record $258 trillion in the first quarter of 2020 as economies around the world shut down to contain the coronavirus pandemic, and debt ...
Jul 16, 2020
UK says Russia tried to meddle in election by leaking U.S. trade documents on social media
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday that Russia sought to interfere in the 2019 general election by illicitly acquiring sensitive documents relating to a planned free trade agreement with the ...
Jul 16, 2020
EU regulators to probe Alexa, Siri and other voice assistants
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU competition regulators are seeking information from 400 companies to establish if there are problems in the market for voice assistants such as Alexa and Siri a...
Jul 16, 2020
ECB keeps ultra-easy policy on hold
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank left policy unchanged on Thursday, pausing after taking a series of unprecedented measures over the past four months to salvage an economy that is fight...
Jul 16, 2020
