Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Portugal to take in 500 unaccompanied migrant children from Greek camps
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal is to take in 500 children from Greek refugee camps as soon as restrictions on movement imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak are lif...
May 12, 2020
Brazilian digital wallet PicPay reaches 20 million customers
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian digital wallet PicPay hit 20 million clients in early May, reaching a goal previously expected for December as social isolation measures to combat the coronavirus accel...
May 12, 2020
Mozambique court declares void two loans in ‘hidden debt’ scandal
MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique's constitutional court has declared void two loans totalling more than $1 billion at the heart of a "hidden debt" scandal that triggered a currency collapse and sovereign...
May 12, 2020
Deutsche Bank managers to forego some pay in cost cutting effort
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank's top managers will waive one month of fixed pay in an effort to cut costs, the bank's chief will tell shareholders next week. Members of the management board as we...
May 12, 2020
Restaurants in parts of California can open for sit-down dining
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Restaurants in parts of California can host sit-down dining, and shopping malls throughout the state can open for curbside pickup as coronavirus restrictions ease, Gover...
May 12, 2020
State Positive Rates Decline Again, County Numbers Stable
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, WI (WHBL) - 4,908 Wisconsinites were tested for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours and only 193 of them were positive - the second consecutive day in which less...
May 12, 2020
Verstappen tips Sainz over Ricciardo for Vettel’s seat
LONDON (Reuters) - Red Bull's Max Verstappen reckons Spaniard Carlos Sainz is more likely to replace Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari next year than Daniel Ricciardo. Ferrari announced on Tuesday that four...
May 12, 2020
Albania, once haven of illicit cannabis, set to legalise crop for medical use
By Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania plans to legalise the cultivation of cannabis for medical purposes, six years after beginning a crackdown on an illegal trade that turned it, by some account...
May 12, 2020
Republican bill seeks sanctions on China over COVID-19 probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading U.S. Republican senator on Tuesday proposed legislation that would authorize the U.S. president to impose far-reaching sanctions on China if it fails to give a full ac...
May 12, 2020
White House waiting on reopening data before deciding on next coronavirus aid: Hassett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Trump administration officials want to wait and see the effects of state economies reopening before deciding the shape of the next stages of coronavirus rescue legislation, ...
May 12, 2020
