Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Empty trains, clogged roads: Americans get behind the wheel to avoid transit
By Tina Bellon NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Americans plan for life after pandemic lockdowns, many want to avoid public transport and use a car instead, straining already underfunded transit systems and ri...
May 20, 2020
Look, no hands! Thai mall puts pedals in lifts to keep coronavirus at bay
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A mall in Thailand has swapped lift buttons for foot pedals in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as well as help restore normalcy and get shoppers spending again. ...
May 20, 2020
Cycling: Pantano handed four-year ban following positive anti-doping test
PARIS (Reuters) - Former Tour de France stage winner Jarlinson Pantano has been handed a four-year suspension after failing an anti-doping test last year, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on...
May 20, 2020
Trump says he may host G7 in person, after earlier cancelling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he may again host the G7 summit in or near Washington, after earlier canceling the in-person meeting amid the novel coronavirus pan...
May 20, 2020
U.S. blacklists Iran’s interior minister over human rights abuses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iran's interior minister, accusing him of having a role in serious human rights abuse, including giving orders that led to vi...
May 20, 2020
Dutch donors join global effort on plasma treatment for coronavirus
By Esther Verkaik AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Medical researchers in the Netherlands have signed up 1,500 people who have recovered from the new coronavirus to donate blood as part of an international push ...
May 20, 2020
Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis
PARIS (Reuters) - This year's Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis, organisers said on Wednesday. The UTMB features the biggest race in the trail-running cale...
May 20, 2020
Affirma Capital hires JP Morgan for Jordanian firm stake sale: sources
By Hadeel Al Sayegh DUBAI (Reuters) - Affirma Capital, run by former Standard Chartered bankers, has hired JP Morgan to advise on the sale of the private equity firm's minority stake in a Jordanian ag...
May 20, 2020
Monkeys infected with COVID-19 develop immunity in studies, a positive sign for vaccines
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two studies in monkeys published on Wednesday offer some of the first scientific evidence that surviving COVID-19 may result in immunity from reinfection, a po...
May 20, 2020
U.S. regulator changes penalty guidelines as it pursues more sophisticated misconduct
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. derivatives regulator is updating how it assesses penalties for the first time in decades as it pursues more sophisticated forms of misconduct, includ...
May 20, 2020
