Author Archives: Syndicated Content
McIlroy optimistic about Masters in November
Rory McIlroy is hoping that the shift in seasons for the Masters will yield better results in his bid for a career Grand Slam. Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley announced last month that the 2020 ...
Apr 13, 2020
U.N. says Saudi deportations of Ethiopian migrants risks spreading coronavirus
By Dawit Endeshaw and Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Monday that deportations of illegal migrant workers by Saudi Arabia to Ethiopia risked spreading the coronavi...
Apr 13, 2020
WHO chief says confident U.S. funding will continue in COVID fight
GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization voiced confidence on Monday that the United States would continue funding his U.N. agency which is leading the global response to th...
Apr 13, 2020
Turkey’s coronavirus death toll rises by 98 to 1,296: health minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's confirmed cases of the coronavirus increased by 4,093 in the past 24 hours, and 98 more people have died, taking the death toll to 1,296, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca s...
Apr 13, 2020
U.S. oil sanctions against Iran are unjust: Rouhani
(Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela were unjust in a telephone call with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday and called for the two co...
Apr 13, 2020
Italy’s daily coronavirus cases decline, deaths rise
ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 566 on Monday, up from 431 the day before, but the number of new cases slowed to 3,153 from a previous 4,092. The number of new case...
Apr 13, 2020
Athene pays $45 million fine in first settlement of New York pension transfer probe
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Athene Holding Ltd agreed on Monday to pay a $45 million civil fine to settle charges it conducted insurance business in New York without a license, the first ...
Apr 13, 2020
New York Governor says ‘worst is over’ as growth in deaths ticks lower
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday that he believed "the worst is over" as hospitalizations appeared to be reaching a plateau and the daily increase in deaths came to 671, the l...
Apr 13, 2020
Officials say eight killed in Myanmar’s Rakhine state; army says has no information
(Reuters) - Eight people were killed by shelling in Myanmar's Rakhine state on Monday, two local officials and a resident said, but the army said it had no information about such an incident and rejec...
Apr 13, 2020
Turkey to impose fresh lockdown next weekend to halt COVID-19 spread: Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey would impose a fresh lockdown next weekend as part of measures to halt the spread of COVID-19, having locked down 31 provinces ...
Apr 13, 2020
