Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Taiwan condemns ‘groundless’ accusations it attacked WHO chief
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned "groundless" accusations from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) that racist slurs against him had come from the island,...
Apr 08, 2020
Risk currencies buoyed by cautious hopes pandemic is peaking
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Risk-sensitive currencies climbed on Thursday on budding optimism the coronavirus pandemic may be peaking although the euro was dented by the European Union's failur...
Apr 08, 2020
Four people hit by COVID-19 at Exxon Baytown Texas complex: sources
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Four people working at Exxon Mobil Corp's Baytown, Texas, petrochemical complex have tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, said two...
Apr 08, 2020
Ex-U.S. Navy secretary’s Guam trip to ridicule commander cost taxpayers $243,000: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly's controversial trip to Guam over the weekend where he ridiculed the commander of a coronavirus-stricken U.S. aircraft carrier cos...
Apr 08, 2020
Clinton sex scandal whistleblower Linda Tripp dies at age 70: reports
(Reuters) - Linda Tripp, the former U.S. civil servant whose secretly taped telephone conversations with a former White House intern documented the sex scandal that led to then-President Bill Clinton'...
Apr 08, 2020
Ecuador’s Moreno calls for probe into handling of corpses in coronavirus outbreak
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno on Wednesday called for an investigation into how local authorities handled the bodies of coronavirus victims in Guayaquil, the epicenter of the cou...
Apr 08, 2020
Essential workers exposed to coronavirus should take precautions returning to jobs: CDC head
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention head on Wednesday said essential workers who are asymptomatic after exposure to a confirmed or suspected coronavirus case can...
Apr 08, 2020
Report: Chiefs add ex-Raiders RB Washington
The Kansas City Chiefs agreed to a one-year deal with free agent running back DeAndre Washington, Yahoo Sports reported Wednesday. Washington, 27, played the first four years of his career with the Oa...
Apr 08, 2020
Chaotic Wisconsin election signals virus-related voting battles ahead
By Simon Lewis and Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shavonda Sisson said she requested a mail ballot to vote in Tuesday's Democratic primary election in Wisconsin well ahead of the election. When it...
Apr 08, 2020
Mexico auto sector to resume operations once U.S. industry gears up
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday the domestic auto sector can resume operations shortly after the U.S. industry gears up from a coronavirus-led h...
Apr 08, 2020
