Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. pipeline operator Energy Transfer warns of coming job cuts
By Shariq Khan (Reuters) - U.S. pipeline operator Energy Transfer LP will begin cutting about 6% of its workforce next week, underscoring the spreading impact of weak oil and gas prices on the energy ...
May 29, 2020
Twelve migrants test positive for coronavirus at Mexican government shelter
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Twelve migrants have tested positive for coronavirus at a government-run shelter in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, the Mexican labor ministry said in a sta...
May 29, 2020
U.S. businesses awake to ‘sad day’ in Hong Kong as Trump moves to squeeze economic ties
By Anne Marie Roantree HONG KONG (Reuters) - The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong said on Saturday it was a sad day for the global financial centre, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump mo...
May 29, 2020
Exclusive: Zoom plans to roll out strong encryption for paying customers only
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Zoom , the video conferencing provider whose business has boomed with the COVID-19 pandemic, plans to strengthen encryption on video calls made by paying clien...
May 29, 2020
Young Minneapolis mayor in spotlight after police killing, protests
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - Shaken and angry, Minneapolis' telegenic young mayor stood in front of television cameras over and over this week - first to decry the police killing of George Floyd, a...
May 29, 2020
Germany’s Merkel rejects Trump invite to attend G7 summit in Washington: Politico
(Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has refused to accept U.S. President Donald Trump's invitation to attend an envisaged summit of the Group of Seven (G7) in the United States, Politico repor...
May 29, 2020
U.S. high court rejects church challenge to Illinois pandemic rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to Illinois' restrictions on religious services during the coronavirus pandemic, noting that the state had lifted the limit...
May 29, 2020
UK property firm Rightmove sees record website views as market picks up
LONDON (Reuters) - British biggest property website, Rightmove, said it had its busiest day on record this week, suggesting the housing market is picking up after the government eased its coronavirus ...
May 29, 2020
Brazil reaches 27,878 coronavirus deaths, surpasses Spain
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Coronavirus deaths in Brazil reached 27,878, the Health Ministry said on Friday, surpassing Spain to become the fifth ranking nation in the number of dead. In the last 24 ho...
May 29, 2020
Southwest Airlines CEO sees low-fare environment when traffic returns
(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly said on Friday he expects a "brutal low-fare" environment when traffic returns after coronavirus-induced restrictions ease. "There ...
May 29, 2020
