Category Archives: Syndicated
MLB won’t name players who test positive for COVID-19
When Major League Baseball players land on the injured list this summer, fans will be left to speculate whether the cause was a positive test for the coronavirus. The Health Insurance Portability and ...
Jul 01, 2020
Japan’s new auto sales skid 23% year-on-year in June: industry data
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese new auto sales dropped by nearly a quarter in June from a year earlier as consumers continued to hit the brakes on car purchases in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, ind...
Jul 01, 2020
Israeli foreign minister says annexation move unlikely on Wednesday
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's foreign minister said an announcement on the proposed annexation of occupied West Bank land was unlikely on Wednesday, the start-date set by Prime Minister Benjamin Neta...
Jul 01, 2020
New North American trade deal launches under growing threat of disputes
By David Lawder, Dave Graham and David Ljunggren WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY/OTTAWA (Reuters) - The revamped trade pact between the United States, Canada and Mexico taking effect on Wednesday was meant to ...
Jul 01, 2020
Thailand reports two new imported coronavirus cases in quarantine
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Wednesday confirmed two new coronavirus cases, both of which were imported from abroad, marking 37 successive days without domestic transmission. The new cases were Tha...
Jun 30, 2020
Australia to lock down 300,000 in Melbourne suburbs after coronavirus spike
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Authorities will lock down around 300,000 people in suburbs north of Melbourne for a month from late on Wednesday to contain the risk of infection after two wee...
Jun 30, 2020
New York City Council passes 2021 budget, including some police cuts
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A majority of New York City Council members voted to pass the 2021 fiscal year budget on Tuesday that seeks to close a $9 billion revenue shortfall caused by the coronavirus pande...
Jun 30, 2020
America has never been ‘great’ for Black people: Pacers coach McMillan
(Reuters) - Indiana Pacers coach Nate McMillan has said U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign slogan 'Make America Great Again' rings hollow because the country has never been 'great' for its Bl...
Jun 30, 2020
China will not experience high inflation or deflation: central bank publication
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will not experience high inflation or deflation as its economy is gradually recovering, the central bank said on Wednesday. China's consumer inflation is expected to ease on ...
Jun 30, 2020
As Japan re-opens, a hospital grapples with coronavirus aftermath
By Mari Saito and Ami Miyazaki YOKOHAMA (Reuters) - Doctors in white coats and blue scrubs sat around a conference room table in June, looking up at a colourful slide projected on the wall. "How is an...
Jun 30, 2020
