Category Archives: Syndicated
Uber, Lyft prepare to shut down California rides service on Friday
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc are preparing to suspend their ride-hailing services in California beginning on Friday morning unless an appeals court rules at the last m...
Aug 20, 2020
TikTok removes 380,000 videos for violating hate speech policy
(Reuters) - TikTok has removed more than 380,000 videos in the United States for violating its hate speech policy so far this year, the short-form video app said on Thursday. The app, owned by China's...
Aug 20, 2020
My death wouldn’t help Putin: Kremlin critic’s parting remark
By Tom Balmforth and Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - A day before Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny collapsed in what his allies say was a case of poisoning on Thursday, he met a group of young support...
Aug 20, 2020
Yankees place LHP Britton (hamstring) on injured list
The New York Yankees placed left-hander Zack Britton on the 10-day injured list Thursday with a strained left hamstring. The 32-year-old reliever shares the major league lead in saves with eight with ...
Aug 20, 2020
U.S. recovery grinds along as coronavirus case growth eases
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - Americans made tentative moves back to restaurants and gyms over the past week, hiring advanced across a sample of industries and a rise in job postings suggested it ma...
Aug 20, 2020
Factbox: High-frequency data sources for tracking the U.S. pandemic economy
(Reuters) - Policymakers, economists and investors are turning increasingly to so-called high-frequency data to get a more timely snapshot of the U.S. economy during the fast-moving coronavirus pandem...
Aug 20, 2020
Italy sees 845 new COVID-19 cases, highest since end of lockdown in May
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 845 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday, marking the highest daily increase since May, when the government eased its r...
Aug 20, 2020
NYC mayor doubles down on September school reopening after teacher pushback
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday doubled down on his commitment to reopen schools for in-person learning next month, a day after the city's teachers union...
Aug 20, 2020
Britain removes Portugal from quarantine list, adds Austria and Croatia
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain removed Portugal from its COVID-19 quarantine list on Thursday, but said rising infections elsewhere meant travellers arriving from Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago ...
Aug 20, 2020
Dubai’s highest court rejects superyacht seizure appeal in mammoth divorce battle
By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's highest court has rejected an appeal by the ex-wife of a Russian billionaire to seize a 350 million ($460 million)superyacht in one of the world's costlies...
Aug 20, 2020
