Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Payments firm Paya nears $1.3 billion deal to go public – sources
By David French, Krystal Hu and Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - Paya Inc is nearing a deal to merge with blank-check acquisition company FinTech Acquisition Corp III which could value the U.S. payments so...
Jul 31, 2020
Ireland reports 38 new COVID-19 cases, down from sudden spike
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland reported 38 new COVID-19 cases on Friday after recording its highest daily total in two months a day earlier when the average of around 20 cases per day during the past two ...
Jul 31, 2020
WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus cases, up over 292,000
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday, with the total rising by 292,527. The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil,...
Jul 31, 2020
Fisker SPAC shares fall 20% after electric carmaker reports delays in VW deal
By Ben Klayman and Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - Shares of the so-called blank-check company merging with electric carmaker Fisker fell 20% on Friday after it disclosed it would not close a deal by the ...
Jul 31, 2020
Jaguars DT Woods opts out of 2020 season
Jacksonville Jaguars defensive tackle Al Woods announced Friday that he is opting out of the 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Jaguars posted Woods' statement about his decision on the...
Jul 31, 2020
Arrest warrants issued for six Hong Kong democracy activists: CCTV
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese state television said on Friday that Hong Kong authorities had issued arrest warrants for six pro-democracy activists who fled the city and are suspected o...
Jul 31, 2020
Argentina extends coronavirus lockdown until August 16: Fernandez
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina will extend a mandatory lockdown in and around Buenos Aires until August 16 due to coronavirus, President Alberto Fernandez announced on Friday. The lockdown, which ...
Jul 31, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro sticks to travel plan despite ‘mold’ in lungs
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro made a scheduled visit to the south of the country on Friday, after revealing the night before that he is taking antibiot...
Jul 31, 2020
Senate Democrats want to grill Homeland Security over Portland protest surveillance
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - All seven Democrats on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday wrote to the Department of Homeland Security requesting details on its agents conductin...
Jul 31, 2020
Alan Parker, director of ‘Bugsy Malone’ and ‘Mississippi Burning’, has died – UK media
LONDON (Reuters) - British filmmaker Alan Parker, director of movies ranging from "Bugsy Malone", a gangster comedy featuring children armed with cream-shooting guns, to tense prison drama "Midnight E...
Jul 31, 2020
