Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Venezuelan migrants block Bogota road, demand ability to travel home
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - A large crowd of Venezuelan migrants held up traffic on a Bogota highway on Wednesday, demanding to be allowed to leave Colombia and return to Venezuela. Altogethe...
Apr 29, 2020
Italy pledged aid to 2.3 million workers. Just 29,000 have got it
By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) - Looking to save lives and stop the coronavirus by shutting down the nation, the Italian government told workers in March: you stay home and we will...
Apr 29, 2020
MetaBank, Fiserv win U.S. Treasury contract to issue Visa pre-paid cards loaded with stimulus cash
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - MetaBank , Fiserv win U.S. Treasury contract to issue VISA pre-paid cards loaded with coronavirus stimulus payments, according to two people familiar with the...
Apr 29, 2020
Volkswagen indefinitely delays restarting U.S. production
(Reuters) - Volkswagen AG said Wednesday it is indefinitely delaying the resumption of production at its Tennessee assembly plant that had been set to restart on May 3. The German automaker in a state...
Apr 29, 2020
HBO Max streaming service to be available on Google platforms at launch
(Reuters) - HBO Max, the upcoming streaming service from AT&T Inc owned WarnerMedia, will be available across Google platforms and devices when it launches on May 27, the company said on Wednesday. HB...
Apr 29, 2020
New York police break up massive crowd at rabbi’s funeral that defied virus shutdown
By Nathan Layne and Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police broke up a massive crowd of ultra-Orthodox Jews who took part in a rabbi's funeral in defiance of a statewide coronavirus shutdow...
Apr 29, 2020
Saudi Arabia allows entry to and exit from Qatif province
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will allow entry into and exit from Qatif province starting Thursday, the state news agency reported on Wednesday citing a source within the interior ministry. The sourc...
Apr 29, 2020
Hungary eases coronavirus restrictions outside Budapest
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday lifted some restrictions outside Budapest imposed to contain the coronavirus outbreak, saying shops and restaurant terraces will...
Apr 29, 2020
UK envoy in Washington backs probe into origins of pandemic, WHO reforms
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's ambassador to the United States on Wednesday backed calls for an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus and the response of the World Health Or...
Apr 29, 2020
Crime crumbles in coronavirus hit Italy, but loan-sharking jumps
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's crime rate slumped 66.6% in March, thanks to a government lockdown introduced to halt the coronavirus, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. However, the ministry warned th...
Apr 29, 2020
