Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French village bids adieu to doctor who succumbed to COVID-19
VILLERS-OUTREAUX, France (Reuters) - In Villers-Outreaux's village square, doctors, nurses and patients gathered, heads bowed and standing apart, to bid farewell to a local practitioner who succumbed ...
Apr 23, 2020
Lesotho PM shows no signs of leaving to defuse crisis
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has said he will not be told when to leave office, a national newspaper reported on Thursday, resisting efforts to defuse a political cri...
Apr 23, 2020
EU leaders nudge towards joint coronavirus recovery aid
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders edged forward on Thursday towards joint financing of an economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic by agreeing to ask the European Commission to work ...
Apr 23, 2020
GM ignition switch settlement with vehicle owners wins U.S. court approval
NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Motors Co on Thursday won preliminary U.S. court approval of a $120 million settlement with owners who said defective ignition switches caused their vehicles to lose value...
Apr 23, 2020
Saudi sovereign fund sees opportunities after coronavirus, PIF head says
By Marwa Rashad and Hadeel Al Sayegh RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) - The head of Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund Yassir al-Rumayyan said there will be a lot of potential for investment opportunities onc...
Apr 23, 2020
Gilead’s coronavirus drug flops in first trial: FT
(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc's experimental coronavirus drug failed its first randomised clinical trial, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing draft documents published accidentally by t...
Apr 23, 2020
U.S. coronavirus deaths top 48,000, averaging 2,000 lives lost a day: Reuters tally
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - U.S. coronavirus deaths topped 48,000 on Thursday as the number of lives lost in April rises by an average of 2,000 a day, according to a Reuters tally. At current rates, ...
Apr 23, 2020
Naomi Campbell – from catwalk queen to chat show host
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coronavirus quarantine has supermodel Naomi Campbell reinventing herself as a talk show host with the new series "No Filter with Naomi." The catwalk queen is chat...
Apr 23, 2020
Czech government aiming to reopen locked-down shops, restaurants faster
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will move forward plans to ease its coronavirus lockdown by two weeks to get most businesses and restaurants operating again by May 25, Industry Minister Karel Ha...
Apr 23, 2020
Mexico eyes agreement to end virus-induced disruptions to U.S.-Mexico supply chains
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday he expected an agreement to enable industrial supply chains linking the United States and Mexico to begin operati...
Apr 23, 2020
