Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Poland lifts quarantine rule for workers, students who often enter from neighbouring states
WARSAW (Reuters) - People working or studying close to the Polish border will be able to cross it regularly again as of May 4 without needing to undergo a two-week quarantine, Poland's prime minister ...
Apr 30, 2020
Teams face major blow if Tour de France not held: Riis
By Mark Gleeson (Reuters) - Professional cycling would be left in dire straits if there were no return to competitive racing this year with a potentially catastrophic impact on teams, former Tour de F...
Apr 30, 2020
Defaults among fragile emerging market firms set to rise: Moody’s
LONDON (Reuters) - Defaults by weaker emerging market companies will rise in 2020 and 2021 as the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic hampers business activity, Moody's forecast on Thursday. The ratings a...
Apr 30, 2020
New York to hire thousands of contact tracers, reduce subway service to clean trains
(Reuters) - New York state will hire thousands of people to trace the contacts of people who test positive for the coronavirus and halt early-hour New York City subway service to disinfect the trains ...
Apr 30, 2020
Police arrest suspect in shooting outside Cuba’s U.S. embassy, no injuries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police arrested a suspect early on Thursday morning after reports of gunfire at Cuba's embassy in the United States, the Secret Service and Washington's Metropolitan Police Depa...
Apr 30, 2020
U.S. to speed development of coronavirus vaccine: Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States plans to accelerate the development of a coronavirus vaccine, an effort that has been dubbed "Operation Warp Speed...
Apr 30, 2020
Trump says his former national security adviser Flynn was tormented by dirty cops
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was tormented by "dirty cops" as part of the probe into whether R...
Apr 30, 2020
Alone but together under lockdown, New York Girl Scouts embark on bird count project
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - When the COVID-19 crisis hit, a Girl Scout troop in central New York thought it might have to scrap its group bird-counting trip altogether. Instead its leader...
Apr 30, 2020
Deutsche Bank gets new Asia head and board member with CEO advisor
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A key adviser to Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Christian Sewing will join the management board and assume the helm of the lender's business in Asia, the bank said on Thursday. Al...
Apr 30, 2020
U.S. states, local governments could need nearly $1 trillion for pandemic: Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. state and local governments could need close to $1 trillion in aid over several years to cope with the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sai...
Apr 30, 2020
