Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iran’s coronavirus death toll rises by 117 to reach 4,110: health official
(Reuters) - Iran's coronavirus death toll has risen by 117 to 4,110, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on Thursday. The total number of infected people with the new coronavirus has reach...
Apr 09, 2020
African leaders rally around WHO head after Trump criticism
By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - African leaders have rallied around the Ethiopian head of the World Health Organization (WHO) after U.S. President Donald Trump criticised the United Nati...
Apr 09, 2020
UniCredit renews commitment to boosting shareholder returns: chairman
MILAN (Reuters) - UniCredit remains strongly committed to increasing returns for investors in Italy's biggest bank, its chairman said, following a decision to suspend dividend payments and a share buy...
Apr 09, 2020
Top Swiss court upholds prosecutor’s removal from soccer corruption probe
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's top court rejected Attorney General Michael Lauber's bid to rejoin investigations of corruption in soccer, refusing to overturn a lower court's ruling that his closed-...
Apr 09, 2020
Turkish prosecutor appeals acquittal verdict in landmark protests trial
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish prosecutor appealed the acquittal of philanthropist Osman Kavala and eight others over their alleged role in the 2013 Gezi Park protests, calling for convictions as char...
Apr 09, 2020
May is crunch time for U.S. auto suppliers amid coronavirus shutdown
By Nick Carey and Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - Auto parts maker Kevin Clay landed a series of new contracts from customers early this year, and was bullish on 2020 after two challenging years. "I h...
Apr 09, 2020
250-year-old U.S. Easter tradition’s horns silenced by coronavirus pandemic
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Every Easter Sunday for almost 250 years, residents of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, have been awakened by small groups of musicians playing the hymn "Sleepers, Wake," befor...
Apr 09, 2020
Exclusive: Wall Street firm dangled up to 175% returns to investors using U.S. aid programs
By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON (Reuters) - A New York investment firm pitched wealthy investors in recent days on a way to make returns of 22% to 175% using U.S. government programs designed to help Am...
Apr 09, 2020
Democrats tread carefully in attacking Trump on coronavirus
By Elizabeth Culliford, Joseph Ax and Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - For weeks, President Donald Trump has dominated television coverage with daily White House briefings on the coronavirus pandemic, dec...
Apr 09, 2020
Pass the salt: The minute details that helped Germany build virus defences
By Jrn Poltz and Paul Carrel MUNICH (Reuters) - One January lunchtime in a car parts company, a worker turned to a colleague and asked to borrow the salt. As well as the saltshaker, in that instant, t...
Apr 09, 2020
