Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Angola’s dos Santos wants graft case against her dropped, citing ‘fake’ documents
LISBON (Reuters) - Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos called on Tuesday for a corruption case against her to be dropped, accusing Angolan authorities of using forged documents including a bogus pas...
May 12, 2020
U.S. Senate leader says will only consider narrow coronavirus bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, on Tuesday said that any new coronavirus-response legislation would have to be "narrowly targeted," as he criticized a...
May 12, 2020
McDonald’s plans to reopen all UK, Ireland drive-throughs by June
(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp said on Tuesday it plans to reopen all its drive-throughs in the United Kingdom and Ireland by early June, as both countries ease coronavirus-led restrictions on road trave...
May 12, 2020
Cuba doubles down on testing as coronavirus cases decline
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba began mass testing for the new coronavirus this week even as it appeared to have contained infections, and residents struggled to move around amid a partial shutd...
May 12, 2020
U.S. air travel fell 51% in March amid coronavirus pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. airlines carried 51% fewer passengers in March amid the massive coronavirus pandemic travel collapse to the lowest air travel level in nearly two decades, the U.S. Transpor...
May 12, 2020
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on sports events around the world
(Reuters) - Major sports events around the world that are in the process of re-starting or have been rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic: SOCCER For an overview of the state of play in Europe's s...
May 12, 2020
UK rail worker died after being spat at by ‘COVID carrier’: union
LONDON (Reuters) - A woman who worked at one of London's busiest rail stations has died after having previously been spat at by a man who said he had the new coronavirus, her union said on Tuesday. Be...
May 12, 2020
New York governor warns against paying ‘greedy corporations’ in stimulus bill
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday called on Congress to craft a federal stimulus package that funds police officers, teachers and other employees of the states and warned against a...
May 12, 2020
Chile to face worst of coronavirus outbreak in coming weeks: Pinera
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile is set to face the worst of the novel coronavirus outbreak in the coming weeks, President Sebastin Piera said on Tuesday, as a sharp spike in cases and the southern hemisphe...
May 12, 2020
Facebook reports spike in takedowns of hate speech, terrorism
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Tuesday reported a sharp increase in the number of posts it removed for promoting violence and hate speech across its apps, which it attributed ...
May 12, 2020
