Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil’s Embraer negotiates worker buyouts, as Boeing, Airbus downsize
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The world's No. 3 planemaker Embraer SA said on Thursday it was negotiating buyouts, signaling likely cuts in its workforce due to the coronavirus pandemic that has hammered the ...
Jul 02, 2020
Boeing to pull the plug on its 747 jumbo jet: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Boeing Co is pulling the plug on its 747 jumbo jet, a Bloomberg News journalist tweeted on Thursday. The last 747-8 will roll out of a Seattle area factory in about two years, according to...
Jul 02, 2020
Slain Ethiopian singer electrified a generation with songs of freedom and protest
By Ayenat Mersie and Kumerra Gemechu ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Imprisoned as a teenager for his political activism, singer Haacaaluu Hundeessaa grew into one of Ethiopia's biggest stars and his songs be...
Jul 02, 2020
Thailand opens drive-in cinema with cooling system for film fans wary of coronavirus
By Athit Perawongmetha BANGKOK (Reuters) - Keen for the big screen but wary of the coronavirus, Thai film fans flocked to a new drive-in cinema on Thursday, which offered a novel cooling system to hel...
Jul 02, 2020
Venezuela to allow EU ambassador to remain in Caracas, foreign ministry says
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela will allow the European Union's ambassador to remain in Caracas, reversing an earlier decision to expel the envoy in response to sanctions the bloc imposed on officials l...
Jul 02, 2020
Attackers on motorbikes kill at least 27 Malian villagers, local officials say
BAMAKO (Reuters) - At least 27 civilians were killed when unidentified armed men on motorbikes attacked ethnic Dogon farming villages in central Mali on Wednesday, local authorities said. The attacker...
Jul 02, 2020
U.S. police forces fail to attract, promote Black officers
By Andrea Shalal and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thomas Boone has spent 22 years as a police officer in Prince George's County, Maryland, a predominantly Black suburb of Washington, proudly...
Jul 02, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 2,679,230 coronavirus cases, 128,024 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 2,679,230 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 54,357 cases from its previous count, and said that the nu...
Jul 02, 2020
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine trial delayed: STAT
(Reuters) - A large trial of Moderna Inc's potential coronavirus vaccine has been delayed, as the company makes changes to its study plan, medical news site STAT reported on Thursday. The late-stage t...
Jul 02, 2020
Canadians wary of COVID-19 spikes in neighboring U.S.
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - A spike in COVID-19 cases in the United States has become a hot topic for Canadians, who unfurled their maple-leaf flags to celebrate Canada Day this week just days...
Jul 02, 2020
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