Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Before becoming frozen wasteland, Antarctica was home to frogs
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When paleontologist Thomas Mrs was peering into a microscope while sorting through tiny 40 million-year-old fossils unearthed on Seymour Island near the tip of th...
Apr 24, 2020
IMF approves $309 million in emergency financing to Mozambique to address coronavirus hit
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday it has approved a disbursement of $309 million to help Mozambique meet urgent balance of payment and fiscal needs stemming...
Apr 24, 2020
Australia, New Zealand honor military personnel from home as coronavirus scuppers parades
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Thousands of people across Australia and New Zealand on Saturday honored their country's military personnel in private ceremonies held in driveways and on balconies...
Apr 24, 2020
Explainer: Could warmer weather help contain the coronavirus?
By Kate Kelland and Manas Mishra (Reuters) - The world is looking for signs that the arrival of warmer weather in the northern hemisphere could slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, which has k...
Apr 24, 2020
‘I lost control and started crying’: Colombian doctor evicted as neighbors fear COVID-19
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A doctor in the Colombian city of Cali said this week that he was forced from his apartment just eight days after he moved in because other residents of the building feared he would...
Apr 24, 2020
First night of draft breaks records for TV viewership, league says
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - Television viewership for the first round of the NFL Draft broke records, the league said on Friday, with an average of more than 15.6 million tuning in for one of ...
Apr 24, 2020
Trump says his remarks on using disinfectant inside people’s bodies were sarcastic
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that he was being sarcastic when he raised the possibility of using disinfectant inside people's bodies to fight the coronavi...
Apr 24, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic inspires demand for UV airplane cleaner
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that ultraviolet light could be inserted into coronavirus patients was widely panned on Friday, but a California company thinks it's a perfect solu...
Apr 24, 2020
Icahn sees opportunities but warns of more ‘downdrafts’ ahead: Bloomberg
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said he expects to see "good opportunities" to buy after the historic stock market sell-off but warned there will likely be mo...
Apr 24, 2020
Peru indigenous warn of ‘ethnocide by inaction’ as coronavirus hits Amazon tribes
By Maria Cervantes LIMA (Reuters) - Indigenous tribes in Peru's Amazon say the government has left them to fend for themselves against the coronavirus, risking "ethnocide by inaction," according to a ...
Apr 24, 2020
