Category Archives: Syndicated
Mexico sheds another 83,000 tax-paying jobs in June
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico shed another 83,000 formal tax paying jobs in June amid the coronavirus pandemic but the pace of losses slowed, according to data from the Mexican Social Security Instit...
Jul 13, 2020
Trump advisers rule out undermining Hong Kong’s dollar peg – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Senior advisers of U.S. President Donald Trump have ruled out undermining the Hong Kong currency's peg to the U.S. dollar, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the mat...
Jul 13, 2020
Hedge fund manager Singh calls Trump’s handling of coronavirus ‘an incredible gift’
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus outbreak early this year was "an incredible gift" for investors because it kept markets stable long enough for s...
Jul 13, 2020
Brazil registers 20,286 confirmed cases of new coronavirus, 733 deaths
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 20,286 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours as well as 733 deaths, the Health Ministry said on Monday. Brazil has registered nearly 1....
Jul 13, 2020
Jordan king warns that Israel’s annexation plans jeopardize regional peace
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah warned on Monday that any unilateral Israeli moves to annex territory in the occupied West Bank would fuel instability and dim hopes of a final settlement of t...
Jul 13, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says will return to work if new test shows he is COVID-19 free
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that he is feeling "very good" and will return to work if he tests negative for the new coronavirus on Tuesday, but that he wi...
Jul 13, 2020
Chilean copper giant Codelco records 3,215 cases of COVID-19; nine fatalities
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's state-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, has registered a total 3,215 COVID-19 infections and nine deaths due to the pandemic, the chairman of the firm sa...
Jul 13, 2020
U.S. official says Operation Warp Speed on track to start making COVID-19 vaccine by end of summer
(Reuters) - Drugmakers partnered with the U.S. government are on track to begin actively manufacturing a vaccine for the COVID-19 virus by the end of the summer, a senior administration official said ...
Jul 13, 2020
Nearly 1,000 U.S. immigration detention center employees test positive for coronavirus
By Mica Rosenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 880 employees of private contractors running U.S. immigration detention centers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to congressio...
Jul 13, 2020
Shoppers in England ordered to wear face coverings from July 24
LONDON (Reuters) - Shoppers in England will have to wear face coverings in shops and supermarkets from July 24 to help reduce the risk of a new pick-up in the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister...
Jul 13, 2020
