Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Amazon renews streaming deal with NFL
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it would renew its partnership with National Football League (NFL) to live stream Thursday night games exclusively on its video streaming platforms, Prime ...
Apr 29, 2020
Plymouth Council Meets Virtually, Plans For Festivals
by Kevin Zimmermann PLYMOUTH, WI (WHBL) - The Plymouth City Council met on Tuesday as many do under stay-at-home orders - via conference call - but they were looking ahead to better days. ...
Apr 29, 2020
British Airways to drive job cuts with cabin crew overhaul: memo
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - British Airways is planning a major overhaul of its cabin crew that will "significantly reduce" their numbers, an internal memo circulated on Wednesday showed, after parent IA...
Apr 29, 2020
Putting off check-up over virus fear? Try the self-service doctor’s office
PARIS (Reuters) - For anyone putting off visiting their doctor because they fear picking up the COVID-19 infection while in the waiting room, a French inventor has a solution: an automated miniature d...
Apr 29, 2020
Iftar-to-go: German mosque delivers Ramadan meals to needy non-Muslims
WUPPERTAL, Germany (Reuters) - A mosque in the western German city of Wuppertal is delivering meals to elderly Muslims unable to break the fast with their families due to lockdown as well as to non-Mu...
Apr 29, 2020
Japan to extend state of emergency due to coronavirus: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government is planning to extend the state of emergency over the new coronavirus pandemic by about one month for the entire country, the Nikkei business daily reported o...
Apr 29, 2020
Canoeing: Housebound paddlers frustrated by lockdown, fear no more events in 2020
(Reuters) - British paracanoe athlete Charlotte Henshaw has said that the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a "lack of motivation" as her four-yea...
Apr 29, 2020
Parallel lives: Twin-brother ER doctors fight COVID-19 in New York, Miami
By Nick Brown NEW YORK (Reuters) - Emergency room doctor Michael D'Urso has had some bleak days on the front lines of New York City's battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Intubated patients someti...
Apr 29, 2020
English hospital COVID-19 death toll rises 445 to 19,746
LONDON (Reuters) - A further 445 people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died in English hospitals, bringing the total there to 19,746, the health service said. Of the 445, 27 had no known underl...
Apr 29, 2020
Democrats unveil bill requiring U.S. coronavirus supply czar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats unveiled legislation on Wednesday requiring the Pentagon to name a civilian officer to oversee the nation's supply and production of medical supplies and e...
Apr 29, 2020
