Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canadian banks end extra pandemic pay as infections ease
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Most of Canada's biggest banks are ending their extra payments to employees who continued working in public during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, as the coun...
Jun 20, 2020
Horse racing: Eerie calm welcomes contenders at empty Belmont
By Amy Tennery ELMONT, New York (Reuters) - Betting counters were closed and an eerie silence settled over the ivy-coated plaza inside Belmont Park on Saturday as jockeys and horses gathered for the 1...
Jun 20, 2020
Chile ups coronavirus death count to more than 7,000; second Codelco death reported
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile on Saturday increased its estimate of cases and deaths caused by the coronavirus while a labor union at state-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, confirmed t...
Jun 20, 2020
Several people stabbed in English town of Reading: reports
LONDON (Reuters) - British media said several people had been stabbed in the southern English town of Reading on Saturday and police in the area said they were investigating reports of an incident. Sk...
Jun 20, 2020
Attorney General Barr says Trump has fired U.S. Attorney Berman, at his request
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Saturday that President Donald Trump had fired Geoffrey Berman, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan whose office...
Jun 20, 2020
Poles run for LGBT equality ahead of presidential vote
By Alan Charlish WARSAW (Reuters) - Around a hundred Poles took part in an "Equality Run" on Saturday, condemning discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community dur...
Jun 20, 2020
Teenager killed in Seattle protest zone shooting, one wounded
(Reuters) - Seattle police on Saturday said they were investigating the fatal shooting of one person and wounding of another in a part of the city occupied by activists protesting against police bruta...
Jun 20, 2020
French coronavirus deaths rise by 19 to 29,633
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of deaths in France from COVID-19 has risen by 19 from Friday to stand at 29,633, the health ministry said on Saturday. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose by 6...
Jun 20, 2020
PG&E says bankruptcy court approves its Chapter 11 reorganization plan
(Reuters) - PG&E Corp said its Chapter 11 reorganization plan has been confirmed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, bringing the power provider one step clo...
Jun 20, 2020
Georgia marks first anniversary of anti-Kremlin protest
By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) - Thousands of people gathered in the centre of Georgia's capital Tbilisi on Saturday to protest against the government and Russia one year after the brutal disp...
Jun 20, 2020
