Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil Supreme Court rules to release video of Bolsonaro’s alleged interference
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A justice on Brazil's Supreme Court on Friday ruled to release a video in which far-right President Jair Bolsonaro allegedly tried to interfere in law enforcement appointments to ...
May 22, 2020
Enjoying your ‘to-go’ cocktail? New York bill would keep it going beyond pandemic
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - For many New Yorkers, one of the only good things to come out of the coronavirus pandemic is a temporary relaxation of some state regulations, allowing people to ...
May 22, 2020
Brazil broad public sector deficit on course for 10% of GDP: Treasury Secretary
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's total public sector deficit this year excluding interest payments is on course to reach 700 billion reais ($126 billion), or around 10% of gross domestic product, Treasur...
May 22, 2020
Hong Kong leader says national security legislation to improve business confidence: Xinhua
(Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said late on Friday the Chinese proposal to impose national security laws on Hong Kong will improve business confidence in the city and will not damage the inte...
May 22, 2020
Karachi hospitals receive at least 56 bodies from plane crash site: hospital officials
KARACHI (Reuters) - Karachi hospitals received 56 bodies from the site of a commercial jet that crashed into a residential neighbourhood while landing in Pakistan's largest city, hospital officials sa...
May 22, 2020
Speculators’ bearish bets on U.S. dollar shrink: CFTC, Reuters data
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Speculators' net bearish bets on the U.S. dollar shrank in the latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Fri...
May 22, 2020
Beyond politics, gold-standard COVID-19 trials test malaria drug taken by Trump
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - In the fight against COVID-19, the decades-old anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine has become a political football, with U.S. President Donald Trump personally taking it a...
May 22, 2020
U.S. adding 33 Chinese companies, institutions to economic black list
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday it is adding 33 Chinese companies and other institutions to an economic blacklist for human rights violations and to address U.S. nat...
May 22, 2020
F1, Silverstone still optimistic despite UK quarantine rules
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One remains hopeful about the chances of racing at Britain's Silverstone circuit in July and August despite quarantine measures confirmed on Friday. Interior...
May 22, 2020
Malta rescues 140 migrants but holds them on tourist boats offshore
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta on Friday rescued a group of 140 migrants from a sinking dinghy but refused to bring them to land, holding them instead on a chartered tourist harbour cruise boat just outsi...
May 22, 2020
