Category Archives: Syndicated
WHO says it trusts G7 to act together on crises amid overhaul talk
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization trusts powerful nations such as the Group of Seven to reach a consensus on how to approach health crises such as the coronavirus, Mike Ryan, head of WH...
Aug 10, 2020
Marriott posts bigger-than-expected loss as virus hits bookings
(Reuters) - U.S. hotel operator Marriott International posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on Monday, as the coronavirus pandemic curbed global travel and led to a plunge in room bookings. Ma...
Aug 10, 2020
Factbox: Trump and Biden take sharply different paths on immigration
By John Whitesides and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's push to crack down on illegal immigration and reshape legal immigration was at the heart of the Republican's winn...
Aug 10, 2020
Slowly lower: Emerging market central banks cut interest rates for 18th month
By Karin Strohecker and Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) - Emerging market central banks continued to cut interest rates in July as policymakers battling the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic trie...
Aug 10, 2020
Anxious Mauritians use hair to stem Japanese ship’s oil spill
By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - Mauritians are making floating booms of human hair and leaves in a round-the-clock scramble to mop up oil leaking from a grounded Japanese ship onto their pris...
Aug 10, 2020
Huge shortfall in funds to fight coronavirus, WHO says
GENEVA (Reuters) - There is a huge gap between funds needed to fight the coronavirus and funds committed worldwide, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. But he sa...
Aug 10, 2020
Zimbabwe president decries ‘divisive falsehoods’ over rights abuse claims
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday called criticism of human rights abuses by his government "divisive falsehoods" and said his administration was under renewed attac...
Aug 10, 2020
Futures edge higher after Trump signs virus relief orders
By Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were in a flat-to-slightly higher range on Monday as markets looked to executive orders from President Donald Trump over the weekend to support th...
Aug 10, 2020
Getting to Know the Kids of the Brown County Fair: Heidi Beyer
Over the past few months, the Brown County Fair board has been trying to decide if they should proceed or cancel like many other fairs. In the end, they decided to move forward and also welcome exhibi...
Aug 10, 2020
Iran says European insurers should pay compensation for downed Ukrainian plane
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will not compensate Ukraine International Airlines for its plane Tehran accidentally downed in January because the passenger jet was insured by European firms, the head of Iran'...
Aug 10, 2020
