Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tennis: Merger can help sport emerge stronger from COVID-19, say top players
By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tennis can emerge stronger from its lengthy shutdown due to the novel coronavirus if the idea of merging the men's and women's tours becomes a reality, multiple G...
Apr 29, 2020
The last places on earth without the coronavirus
By Gurman Bhatia and Manas Sharma (Reuters) - Despite infecting more than three million people around the world, there are still 34 countries and territories that have yet to report a single case of t...
Apr 29, 2020
Brazil’s BRF says plant ordered shut over water supply issue
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Brazilian agriculture ministry has closed a poultry and pork processing plant operated by BRF SA, the company said in a statement sent to Reuters on Wednesday, citing problem...
Apr 29, 2020
Myanmar military may be committing new war crimes, says departing rights envoy
(Reuters) - The departing U.N. human rights envoy for Myanmar said its military may be committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Rakhine and Chin states, where fighting between government t...
Apr 29, 2020
Minority businesses worry they are locked out of payroll lending program
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - As the government issues a second round of aid for small business owners, some U.S. senators, community banking groups and minority-owned banks said they are worried busi...
Apr 29, 2020
U.S. insurers want taxpayers to back pandemic coverage for businesses
By Suzanne Barlyn (Reuters) - The U.S. insurance industry is promoting the idea of an insurance plan backed by the federal government that would help businesses that in the future suffer losses from a...
Apr 29, 2020
Labour leader Starmer says 27,241 people have died in UK from COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - Opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that according to his calculations 27,241 people had died in Britain from COVID-19. "That makes a total to date of 27,241 rec...
Apr 29, 2020
Corona what? Tesla retail investors appear unfazed by virus impact
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - When Tesla Inc reports first-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday, many individual shareholders will not be looking for details on the subject that drives most conver...
Apr 29, 2020
Germany hopes there will be coordinated EU decision on foreign travel: minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government warned foreign travel would not be risk-free even if travel restrictions were lifted, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Wednesday, adding that Germany hopes ...
Apr 29, 2020
COVID strains: Dancer performs ‘virus melody’ in empty Budapest square
By Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Dressed in black and wearing a facemask, the dancer leaps and pirouttes across Budapest's deserted central Heroes Square - to the strains of a melody that mirro...
Apr 29, 2020
