Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UCLA complains Jackie Robinson Stadium used as ‘field jail’ for civil rights protesters
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) said it was "troubled" by reports that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) used its baseball venue Jackie Robin...
Jun 03, 2020
Amazon is sued over warehouses after New York worker brings coronavirus home, cousin dies
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has been sued for allegedly fostering the spread of the coronavirus by mandating unsafe working conditions, causing at least one employee to con...
Jun 03, 2020
Trump says not mulling sanctions on China’s Xi over Hong Kong
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was not considering placing sanctions on Chinese President Xi Jinping personally over China's push to impose national security l...
Jun 03, 2020
Obama calls on every U.S. mayor to pursue policing reforms in wake of protests
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - In his first live remarks on the unrest gripping dozens of U.S. cities, former U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged every American mayor to review and reform their p...
Jun 03, 2020
Trump says he likely won’t need military to respond to protests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he did not believe that he would need to use U.S. troops to counter domestic protests sparked by a police killing of an unarmed bla...
Jun 03, 2020
Mexican glass maker Vitro to shut two U.S. plants due to coronavirus
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican glass producer Vitro said on Wednesday that it will shut two plants in the United States before the end of the year due to the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic...
Jun 03, 2020
Debt relief for poorest countries could extend beyond 2020, G7 says
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Group of Seven finance ministers on Wednesday said a debt relief initiative for the world's poorest countries could be extended beyond the end of the year to he...
Jun 03, 2020
Brazil court to hear cases seeking to invalidate election on Tuesday
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The head of Brazil's top electoral court will hear arguments on Tuesday related to two cases seeking to nullify the 2018 presidential election which was won by current President J...
Jun 03, 2020
Fired U.S. State Department watchdog tells lawmakers he was impartial
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A State Department inspector general abruptly fired by U.S. President Donald Trump last month defended his record to lawmakers on Wednesday, saying he had s...
Jun 03, 2020
African, Caribbean migrants continue trek towards U.S. border
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Migrants from Africa and the Caribbean, stranded in Honduras after Central American countries closed their borders to curb the spread of the novel coronavir...
Jun 03, 2020
