Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Briton scales ‘indoor Everest’ – with help from frozen peas
By Rohith Nair (Reuters) - The anti-coronavirus lockdown may have left plenty of Britons ready to scale their walls in frustration, but runner John Griffin has put his pent-up energy to better use - b...
Apr 09, 2020
THURSDAY’S COVID COUNT: 34 TOTAL, 19 ACTIVE, 13 RECOVERED, 2 DECEASED, STATE PARKS, FORESTS CLOSED
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, WI (WHBL) - Sheboygan County’s COVID-19 numbers are steadily increasing according to Thursday’s report from the Sheboygan County Division of Pub...
Apr 09, 2020
Volkswagen furloughs workers at Tennessee auto plant starting April 11
(Reuters) - Volkswagen AG said it will furlough workers at its U.S. assembly plant in Tennessee starting April 11 as the industry grapples with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The German automaker s...
Apr 09, 2020
Migrant ship intercepted at sea is barred from disembarking in Libya: IOM
TUNIS (Reuters) - Shelling in Tripoli has stopped 280 migrants, whose boat was intercepted at sea and returned to Libya, from disembarking and they will have to spend the night aboard a coastguard shi...
Apr 09, 2020
ITF to furlough staff, 900 tournaments postponed
LONDON (Reuters) - The International Tennis Federation (ITF) said 900 tournaments across all its circuits had been postponed so far because of the coronavirus pandemic and that it was furloughing half...
Apr 09, 2020
Chad’s army says 52 soldiers, 1,000 Boko Haram fighters killed in operation
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's army said on Thursday it had killed as many as 1,000 Boko Haram fighters and lost 52 of its own soldiers in a 10-day old operation that followed the jihadist group's deadl...
Apr 09, 2020
Latin America faces post-coronavirus dilemma – a permanent break with economic austerity?
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - The scale of the coronavirus-induced economic crash expected in Latin America could upend the region's financial rules for years to come, throwing up big obstacl...
Apr 09, 2020
New York City hires laborers to bury dead in Hart Island potter’s field amid coronavirus surge
By Lucas Jackson and Brendan McDermid NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City officials have hired contract laborers to bury the dead in its potter's field on Hart Island as the city's daily death rate fro...
Apr 09, 2020
Caterpillar seeks $3 billion loan from banks to boost liquidity: Bloomberg
(Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc is in talks with banks to raise a new $3 billion nine-month revolving credit facility, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The world's b...
Apr 09, 2020
‘Saturday Night Live’ returning with remotely produced TV show
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sketch show "Saturday Night Live" is returning to U.S. television with a new, remotely produced show this weekend, broadcaster NBC said on Thursday. The network said the satiri...
Apr 09, 2020
