Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Nigeria’s oil hub quarantines 22 Exxon Mobil workers: governor
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's Rivers State has quarantined 22 Exxon Mobil Corp. employees for violating an order introduced last month restricting movement into the state to curb the sp...
Apr 17, 2020
Trump says states, not U.S. government, must boost coronavirus testing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday pushed back against governors calling for the federal government to play a bigger role in ramping up and coordinating coronavirus screening...
Apr 17, 2020
Motor maker Weg emerges as battered Brazil stock market’s champion
By Paula Laier SAO PAULO (Reuters) - In a bleak year that has seen Brazil's Bovespa slump to the worst performance of any major world stock market amid a coronavirus-linked retreat from risk, electric...
Apr 17, 2020
Rolling Stones added to all-star lineup for Saturday’s global coronavirus concert
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones will join a star-studded global television broadcast on Saturday to honor healthcare workers on the front lines of the battle against the coronavirus pandemi...
Apr 17, 2020
Namibia suspends poultry imports from South Carolina, Ukraine due to bird flu
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia on Friday suspended imports and the in-transit movement of poultry and poultry products from South Carolina and the Ukraine following the outbreak of highly pathogenic avi...
Apr 17, 2020
Russia files protest after accusing Norway of detaining trawler near Svalbard
By Tom Balmforth and Nerijus Adomaitis MOSCOW/OSLO (Reuters) - Russia on Friday accused Norway's coastguards of detaining a Russian fishing trawler near a remote chain of islands in the Arctic earlier...
Apr 17, 2020
Pompeo tells Russian counterpart any new arms control talks must include China: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday told his Russian counterpart that any future arms control talks must focus on a U.S. proposal for a new arms control accord that include...
Apr 17, 2020
Britain launches coronavirus vaccine taskforce
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain launched a new coronavirus taskforce on Friday to support efforts to make a vaccine available to the public as quickly as possible. The government said 21 new research proje...
Apr 17, 2020
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll rises, new cases broadly stable
ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 575 on Friday, up from 525 the day before, while the number of new cases declined slightly to 3,493 from a previous 3,786. The daily...
Apr 17, 2020
Chile’s LATAM Airlines to cancel 95% of scheduled flights in May
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Chile's LATAM Airlines , South America's largest carrier, will cancel 95% of its scheduled flights in May, the company said on Friday, maintaining similar levels to its current o...
Apr 17, 2020
