Category Archives: Syndicated
California governor declares budget emergency due to COVID-19 pandemic
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday declared a budget emergency in the most populous U.S. state, blaming expenses and the economic downturn caused by the COVID-...
Jun 25, 2020
Amsterdam bans AirBnB rentals in old centre from July 1
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Amsterdam announced on Thursday that it would ban vacation rentals including those on the home-sharing site Airbnb in three areas that make up the central old town from July 1. I...
Jun 25, 2020
NASCAR: Only one noose found in sweep at 29 tracks
NASCAR released a photo Thursday of the noose found in the garage of Bubba Wallace at Talladega Superspeedway, two days after the FBI said photographic evidence showed that the noose was a way to pull...
Jun 25, 2020
G20 debt relief program draws 41 poor countries so far: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Group of 20 debt service suspension initiative agreed in April has received 41 applications from the 73 poor countries eligible for the official bilateral debt relief initiati...
Jun 25, 2020
Dixie Chicks drop Dixie from name; country group tries to ‘meet the moment’
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country music trio Dixie Chicks on Thursday changed its name to simply The Chicks, the latest move in U.S. pop culture to drop associations with the nation's racist past. "We w...
Jun 25, 2020
Disney to revamp Splash Mountain to feature company’s first Black princess
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co said on Thursday it will renovate its Splash Mountain theme park ride to feature Tiana, the entertainment company's first Black princess and the...
Jun 25, 2020
French coronavirus deaths rise by 21 to 29,752
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of deaths in France from the new coronavirus has risen by 21 from the previous day to stand at 29,752, the country's health department said on Thursday. France has the fif...
Jun 25, 2020
SEC’s Clayton says possible U.S. Attorney’s job first raised last weekend
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton said on Thursday he first learned President Donald Trump was considering nominating him to be the U.S. Attorne...
Jun 25, 2020
Lightning strikes kill over 100 in two Indian states
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Lightning strikes killed more than 100 people in India's eastern Bihar state and in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, their chief ministers' offices said on Thursday. Eighty-t...
Jun 25, 2020
British Airways makes proposal to cabin crew on pay cuts
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways, owned by IAG , has made a proposal to its cabin crew that would mean those taking on a corresponding role under its restructuring proposals would be paid at least 8...
Jun 25, 2020
