Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK’s confirmed COVID-19 death toll rises by 494 to 33,186
LONDON (Reuters) - A total of 33,186 people who tested positive for the new coronavirus have died in the United Kingdom, a rise of 494 in a 24-hour period, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The f...
May 13, 2020
Rihanna debuts on Sunday Times Rich List of musicians at no. 3
LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Rihanna has stormed into the Sunday Times Rich List of musicians at number three, with an estimated wealth of 468 million pounds ($576 million), thanks partly to the success ...
May 13, 2020
Tesla can prepare to reopen U.S. plant in California as early as next week
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - Tesla Inc can take additional steps ahead of a potential reopening of its California assembly plant as soon as Monday after Chief Executive Elon Musk had vowed to defy ...
May 13, 2020
Alphabet’s Loon and S.Africa’s Vodacom to expand rural internet in Mozambique
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Loon, a unit of Google's owner Alphabet Inc , which uses high-altitude balloons to provide mobile internet to remote areas, has signed a deal with Vodacom to expand the South ...
May 13, 2020
Ignoring social distancing, protesters mock Hong Kong leader Lam on her birthday
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters gathered in shopping malls across Hong Kong on Wednesday, flouting coronavirus-related social distancing rules to mock unpopular Chief Executive Carrie Lam...
May 13, 2020
India unveils $40 billion credit line for small businesses
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will offer bank loans amounting to 3 trillion rupees ($39.85 billion) to small businesses, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday, as part of measures to com...
May 13, 2020
Czech PM Babis says borders with Austria, Slovakia could reopen in June
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria could open their mutual borders as soon as June 8, allowing residents of the three countries to travel between them, Czech Prime Minister An...
May 13, 2020
Turkey crunch would pack only weak punch for emerging markets
By Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) - Turkey could be heading for another financial crunch but its diminished importance for investors in developing economies and changes in the sector have greatly r...
May 13, 2020
Hungarian Roma feel vindicated by school segregation ruling
By Krisztina Fenyo and Balazs Kaufmann GYONGYOSPATA, Hungary (Reuters) - Hungarian minority Roma said on Wednesday they felt vindicated by a court ruling that a school had unlawfully segregated Roma c...
May 13, 2020
Former Trump campaign aide Manafort released to home confinement: ABC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort has been released to serve his prison term at home due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, ABC News reported o...
May 13, 2020
