Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. may soon ban travelers from Brazil due to outbreak: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is likely to impose travel restrictions on Brazil on Sunday, the White House national security adviser said, two days after the South American nation became th...
May 24, 2020
UK’s Johnson to lead coronavirus news conference as adviser’s future hangs in balance
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will lead the daily coronavirus news conference on Sunday as the future of his senior adviser Dominic Cummings, who is under pressure over a jou...
May 24, 2020
Most publicly listed companies keep U.S. small-business aid loans
By Joshua Franklin and Lawrence Delevingne NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - More than four-fifths of publicly listed companies that received emergency small-business loans from the U.S. government have hel...
May 24, 2020
Venice Film Festival will go ahead in September – Veneto governor
ROME (Reuters) - The Venice Film Festival will go ahead as scheduled at the beginning of September, Luca Zaia, the governor of the region around the Italian city said on Sunday as the spread of the ne...
May 24, 2020
China drops mention of GDP goal as parliament opens, virus slams economy
By Kevin Yao and Judy Hua BEIJING (Reuters) - China dropped its annual growth target for the first time on Friday and pledged more government spending as the COVID-19 pandemic hammers the world's seco...
May 24, 2020
Madrid residents eager ahead of this week’s reopening
MADRID (Reuters) - Residents of Madrid and Barcelona are eagerly anticipating the opening of parks, museums, churches and outdoor seating at bars this week, as Spain prepares to ease some of the stric...
May 24, 2020
France wants its citizens to holiday at home this summer
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government does not want its citizens to travel abroad this summer and recommends they take their holidays in France, Environment Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Sunday. ...
May 24, 2020
Franco-German 500 billion euro recovery fund step towards EU fiscal union: Centeno
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Eurogroup chief Mario Centeno said plans by Germany and France to set up a 500 billion euro ($545 billion) recovery fund to cope with the coronavirus pandemic would be a step tow...
May 24, 2020
Months before election, liberal groups press Biden on picks for economic posts
By Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK (Reuters) - Liberal groups are pushing Joe Biden to pick tough watchdogs for U.S. economic posts ahead of the Nov. 3 election to generate broader support for the presumpti...
May 24, 2020
Newsmaker: Britain’s Brexit mastermind fights for job over claims of lockdown hubris
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - Dominic Cummings, the mastermind of Brexit who openly scorned the British elite, is fighting for his job as Prime Minister Boris Johnson's senior adviser after ...
May 24, 2020
