Category Archives: Syndicated
Golf: Calls to shut down Travelers after COVID-19 positives were silly says McIlroy
(Reuters) - World number one Rory McIlroy said on Thursday that it would have been silly to cancel this week's Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut after Cameron Champ and two caddies teste...
Jun 25, 2020
Mexico’s finance minister tests positive for coronavirus
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican Finance Minister Arturo Herrera on Thursday said he has tested positive for the coronavirus, but is experiencing only "minor" symptoms. "From this moment I will be in q...
Jun 25, 2020
Golf: Hughes goes on birdie blitz to grab early lead at Travelers
(Reuters) - Canadian Mackenzie Hughes fired an error free 10-under 60 to grab the early first-round lead by moving three shots clear of world number one Rory McIlroy at the Travelers Championship in C...
Jun 25, 2020
Harley-Davidson to cut 140 U.S. jobs: company representative
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Harley-Davidson Inc will cut 140 jobs in the United States following its decision to adjust production volumes, a company representative told Reuters. The layoffs will affect 90 pr...
Jun 25, 2020
Apple to close 14 stores in Florida as virus cases rise, total re-closures reaches 32
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Thursday that it would close 14 stores in Florida starting Friday due to a rise in COVID-19 cases, bringing its total re-closures to 32 stores in the Un...
Jun 25, 2020
‘Physical restraint’ factor in Tucson man’s death in police custody, says coroner
By Paul Ingram TUCSON, Ariz. (Reuters) - "Physical restraint" was a factor in the death of a Latino man who died in police custody in Tucson, Arizona, in April, a coroner's report and internal police ...
Jun 25, 2020
Argentina, Brazil monitor massive locust swarm; crop damage seen limited
By Maximilian Heath and Ana Mano BUENOS AIRES/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Argentina and Brazil are monitoring the movement of a 15-square-kilometer locust swarm in Argentina's northeast, though authorities ...
Jun 25, 2020
FIFA agree massive $1.5 billion COVID-19 relief plan
By Simon Evans (Reuters) - FIFA announced on Thursday that it had agreed a $1.5 billion relief plan to help deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global game. FIFA's plan means world so...
Jun 25, 2020
Pakistani prime minister under fire for bin Laden ‘martyrdom’ remark
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani opposition parties criticized Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday after he told parliament that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been "martyred" in 2011 by U.S. fo...
Jun 25, 2020
German minister demands regulatory rethink after Wirecard collapse
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz described as a scandal the collapse of Wirecard after the payments company disclosed a hole in its books that left it owing creditors almost $4 b...
Jun 25, 2020
