Author Archives: Syndicated Content
XFL suspending operations: reports
(Reuters) - The rebooted XFL told staff on Friday it was suspending operations and laying off most employees after failing to finish its first season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, local media repo...
Apr 10, 2020
U.S. Treasury wants major airlines to repay part of grants, give up warrants: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told major airlines on Friday he wants them to repay some of the $25 billion in cash grants the U.S. Congress approved last month to cover...
Apr 10, 2020
U.S. offers $10 million for information on Hezbollah commander in Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday offered up to $10 million for information on Sheikh Mohammad al-Kawtharani, a senior military commander of the Islamist group Hezbollah in Iraq who w...
Apr 10, 2020
G20 agree on need for oil price stability, but more work to do -Canadian minister
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - G20 energy ministers on Friday agreed on the need for oil price stability and a well-functioning market, but did not hammer out the details of how it would be achie...
Apr 10, 2020
IMF lends 51.6 million euros to Kosovo to address virus crisis
PRISTINA (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund has approved a 51.6 million euro ($56.06 million) loan for Kosovo to tackle the economic crisis caused by the new coronavirus and address urgent ba...
Apr 10, 2020
Global business, workers, civil society join call for debt relief for poorer nations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Chamber of Commerce on Friday joined a global trade union and a major civil society group to urge immediate debt relief for the world's poorest countries to he...
Apr 10, 2020
AstraZeneca’s top-selling cancer drug sees early unblinding in key trial
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc said the third phase trial of its top-selling cancer drug Tagrisso, aimed at showing the drug's benefit in lung cancer treatment, will be unblinded early after a recommenda...
Apr 10, 2020
FRIDAY UPDATE: COVID-19 CASES AT STEADY PACE; GOV ANNOUNCES VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, WI (WHBL) - Friday’s summary of the COVID-19 outbreak in Sheboygan County reinforced the steady pace of the disease locally. Except for th...
Apr 10, 2020
Russia expects oil cuts of 5 million bpd on top of OPEC+
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday he expected oil production cuts by countries outside of the OPEC+ group to amount to 5 million barrels per day (bpd). "We beli...
Apr 10, 2020
Quarantines extended at Austrian ski resorts as coronavirus lingers
VIENNA (Reuters) - Lockdowns at two of Austria's top ski resorts in the province of Tyrol are being extended for two more weeks as tests have confirmed the coronavirus is still widespread there, the p...
Apr 10, 2020
