Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pressure grows on Swiss attorney general over soccer fraud trial
By Michael Shields ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber faced calls on Monday to resign over accusations that he botched a high-profile soccer corruption trial. The five-year statu...
Apr 27, 2020
Belgian COVID-19 hospital entries at lowest since lockdown start
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian hospitals admitted the lowest number of COVID-19 patients since the start of the lockdown almost seven weeks ago, figures showed on Monday, a week before...
Apr 27, 2020
Tokyo reports fewest new coronavirus cases in 4 weeks, calls for vigilance
TOKYO (Reuters) - Metropolitan Tokyo confirmed 39 more cases of coronavirus infection on Monday, Governor Yuriko Koike said, the fewest since March 30 and the second consecutive day of new cases below...
Apr 27, 2020
Soccer: FIFA proposes up to five substitutions per match on a temporary basis
BERN (Reuters) - FIFA has proposed that teams should be allowed to make up to five substitutions per match, instead of the usual three, as a temporary measure, the global soccer body said on Monday. I...
Apr 27, 2020
China police detain three linked to censored coronavirus archive
By Huizhong Wu BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have detained two people who contributed to an online archive of censored articles about the coronavirus outbreak, a friend and a family member of one...
Apr 27, 2020
Explainer: U.S. payroll protection program: What has changed in round two?
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Small Business Administration (SBA) on Monday will release $310 billion in funds for the second round of its program that aims to help small businesses hu...
Apr 27, 2020
Lufthansa should be supported but not nationalised: Bavarian premier
MUNICH (Reuters) - The German government should support Lufthansa as it tackles the coronavirus crisis but the flagship carrier should not be nationalised, Bavarian State Premier Markus Soeder said on...
Apr 27, 2020
U.S. health insurers benefit as elective care cuts offset coronavirus costs
By Manojna Maddipatla and Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Americans delay elective surgeries and avoid doctors and hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare spending declines have m...
Apr 27, 2020
EasyJet calls shareholder meeting under pressure from founder Stelios
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's easyJet said it will hold a general meeting of investors on May 22 to consider resolutions put forward by its biggest shareholder and founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, who opp...
Apr 27, 2020
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia makes first wheat purchase from overseas farmland investment
By Maha El Dahan DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's state grain buyer SAGO on Monday said it bought 60,000 tonnes of Ukraine wheat from investment firm SALIC, marking its first purchase from agricultura...
Apr 27, 2020
