Category Archives: Syndicated
Philippines keeps partial restrictions in the capital to fight virus
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday kept partial restrictions in the capital for another two weeks as he tries to contain the spread of the new coronavirus while reducin...
Jun 30, 2020
Top U.S. House Republican resists extending coronavirus unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday it would not be productive to extend extra unemployment benefits that were included in coronavirus relief...
Jun 30, 2020
U.S. farmers cut back corn plantings on COVID fears, weather problems
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. corn acreage will be 5.4% smaller than initially forecast, the U.S. government said on Tuesday, with farmers in key production states cutting back on their plantings as the no...
Jun 30, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 2,581,229 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday reported 2,581,229 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 35,664 cases from its previous count, and said that the num...
Jun 30, 2020
Turkey’s Halkbank to seek removal of U.S. judge in Iran sanctions case
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Halkbank will ask the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions to recuse himself, a lawyer for the Turkish ba...
Jun 30, 2020
GM should repay $60 million in state tax credits: Ohio AG
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said Tuesday that General Motors Co should repay $60 million in state tax credits after it closed its Lordstown Assembly plant in March 2019. In ...
Jun 30, 2020
Weekly coronavirus death toll in French nursing homes down to nine
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of people who died from coronavirus infection in France rose by 30 to 29,843 on Tuesday, as the health ministry included weekly data for the death toll in nursing homes. T...
Jun 30, 2020
Russia says Venezuela will increase debt repayment five-fold from 2023
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday disclosed terms of a previously agreed debt restructuring with Venezuela that show annual payments from Caracas to Moscow increase five fold starting in 2023. The ...
Jun 30, 2020
Scottish firm to trial T cells as possible COVID-19 treatment
LONDON (Reuters) - A Scottish biotechnology firm said on Tuesday it would start clinical trials on a possible T cell treatment for COVID-19, aimed at reducing the need for intensive care among hospita...
Jun 30, 2020
Armenia’s central bank sees economy contracting 4% in 2020
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia's economy will contract by 4% in 2020 due to the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic, but is expected to recover and grow 5.5% next year, Martin Galstyan, the count...
Jun 30, 2020
