Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bolsonaro snaps photos with kids at Brazil protest defying health advice
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Wearing a face mask, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro posed for photographs with kids plucked out of a crowd of supporters on Sunday, disregarding public health...
May 17, 2020
France says coronavirus death toll rises to 28,108
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 483 new coronavirus deaths on Sunday, bringing the total to 28,108. The heath ministry said the number of people in hospitals fell to 19,361 from 1...
May 17, 2020
Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria: Iran Supreme Leader
(Reuters) - Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday, according to his official website. Iran almost got into a full-blown conflict w...
May 17, 2020
Report: Giants’ Baker, Seahawks’ Dunbar released on bond
Two NFL players being held on armed robbery charges were released from jail Sunday morning after posting bond, USA Today reported. Broward County Judge Michael Davis set the bond for New York Giants c...
May 17, 2020
Saudi’s PIF denies media report of loan backed by SoftBank investment
(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund is not planning for or even considering a margin loan backed by its investment in SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund, it said on Sunday in response to a...
May 17, 2020
Warsaw’s open-air Chopin concerts move online due to coronavirus
WARSAW (Reuters) - Lovers of Frederic Chopin's music who usually flock to a central Warsaw park on Sundays for open-air concerts will have to go online this season to hear the weekly performances beca...
May 17, 2020
Tanzania’s Magufuli plans to lift coronavirus restrictions
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's President John Magufuli said on Sunday he plans to re-open universities and allow the resumption of sports and international flights if the decline in new coronavi...
May 17, 2020
EU’s Vestager: Discrepancy in state aid distorts single market, hampers recovery
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union's competition chief Margrethe Vestager has expressed concern about the "huge differences" in coronavirus state aid among member states, saying they were starting ...
May 17, 2020
Beaches, parks busy as Europe heat wave and U.S. spring test new coronavirus rules
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - Summer weather is enticing much of the world to emerge from coronavirus lockdowns as centers of the outbreak from New York to Italy and Spain gradually lift restrictions t...
May 17, 2020
U.S. Senator Klobuchar blasts Uber, Grubhub deal talks
(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar on Sunday blasted merger talks between ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc and online food delivery company Grubhub Inc, calling any deal bad for competition...
May 17, 2020
