Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Reluctant to work in infected German slaughterhouse, Romanian goes home to raise goats
By Radu-Sorin Marinas and Octav Ganea CALMATUIU, Romania (Reuters) - Romanian Alberto Gogu worked exhausting shifts in freezing temperatures at Germany's biggest meat-packing plant. An outbreak of cor...
Jul 07, 2020
British Athletes Commission calls for investigation of abuse claims
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - The British Athletes Commission (BAC), which represents the country's Olympic and Paralympic athletes, has called for an investigation of allegations of bullying and ab...
Jul 07, 2020
WHO experts to travel to China at weekend to study COVID-19 origins
By Reuters Staff GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that experts from the global body would travel to China at the weekend to prepare a study of the origins of the novel ...
Jul 07, 2020
Trump administration to encourage schools to safely reopen amid coronavirus surge
By Alexandra Alper and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is pushing for schools to reopen in the fall and is hosting White House events on the topic on Tuesday, despite a stea...
Jul 07, 2020
Brazilian companies join call for action on Amazon deforestation
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A group of 39 companies, including several of Brazil's largest firms, expressed concerns over deforestation in the Amazon rainforest on Tuesday, following global investor demands ...
Jul 07, 2020
Mexico president says tests negative for coronavirus prior to U.S. trip
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday he has tested negative for coronavirus, a step he needed to take before traveling to Washington to meet with U.S. ...
Jul 07, 2020
U.S. hiring vaults to record high in May; new COVID-19 cases set to limit gains
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. hiring surged to a record high in May and layoffs fell as businesses reopened, but the improvement in the labor market is likely to be blunted by a resurg...
Jul 07, 2020
Ecuador’s vice president resigns after leading state COVID-19 response
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's vice president, Otto Sonnenholzner, resigned on Tuesday amid a coronavirus outbreak that ravaged the country's largest city of Guayaquil, though he saw his profile bolstere...
Jul 07, 2020
Biden previews manufacturing plan to counter ‘America First’ president
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday promised to revive U.S. manufacturing so that the country is not dependent on China, taking aim at his rival's pr...
Jul 07, 2020
U.S. consumer watchdog removes ‘ability-to-pay’ need from final payday loan rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday issued its long-awaited payday lending measure that rescinds an Obama-era proposal requiring lenders first ensure a borr...
Jul 07, 2020
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