Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll edges up, but new cases fall
ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 464 on Thursday, against 437 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, but the daily tally of new infections declined to ...
Apr 23, 2020
African Union envoy says virus outbreak would be a disaster for Africa
DUBAI (Reuters) - African Union (AU) special envoy Tidjane Thiam on Thursday said a widespread outbreak of the new coronavirus in Africa would be a disaster for the continent. Africa, with 1.8 hospita...
Apr 23, 2020
Payments fintech AvidXchange raises $128 million to add to funding
By David French NEW YORK (Reuters) - Business payments processing firm AvidXchange Inc, whose investors include Mastercard Inc and PayPal Holdings Inc co-founder Peter Thiel, said on Thursday it had a...
Apr 23, 2020
Brady enters wrong house looking for coach
Tom Brady is still getting acquainted with his new surroundings after two decades with the New England Patriots. Brady entered the house of the wrong man in Florida last week when he was attempting to...
Apr 23, 2020
Honda extends North America auto production halt through May 8
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co said Thursday it will extend a shutdown of all of its North American auto plants through May 8 and extend unpaid leaves for many salaried workers. Honda, which be...
Apr 23, 2020
Nuclear decommission industry donates gowns to help health workers
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's nuclear industry is giving specialised equipment for the country's health service to help fight the coronavirus outbreak, with Sellafield Limited, which reprocesses nuclea...
Apr 23, 2020
Iranian satellite launch inconsistent with civilian uses: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes an Iranian satellite launch earlier this week was conducted by the Iranian military and was inconsistent with civilian uses, a senior administration o...
Apr 23, 2020
U.S. Democrats back ‘scapegoat’ WHO, as Trump administration keeps up attacks
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Democrats accused the Trump administration of trying to "scapegoat" the World Health Organization to distract from its handlin...
Apr 23, 2020
Lufthansa reports first quarter operating loss of 1.2 billion euros
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lufthansa , which has grounded almost all its aircraft due to the coronavirus pandemic, said its operating loss increased to 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) during the first thr...
Apr 23, 2020
Repair, abandon, burn: Russia explores options for historic oil cut
By Olesya Astakhova and Katya Golubkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - In just a week, Russia has to find ways to cut a fifth of its oil output under a deal to tackle the market glut and is looking at all options...
Apr 23, 2020
