Category Archives: Syndicated
New York Times CEO sees risk in regulating Google, Facebook to help news media
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - Regulation intended to address the news industry's problems with Google and Facebook could have adverse consequences, said outgoing New York Times Co Chief Executive Office...
Jul 23, 2020
Could your Fitbit or Apple Watch detect early COVID-19 symptoms?
By Aleksandra Michalska NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fitbit and other wearable devices typically linked to exercise are being studied as ways to identify people who are potentially infected with COVID-19 befo...
Jul 23, 2020
WHO says U.S., Brazil and India can ‘deal with’ pandemic
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Thursday that the United States, Brazil and India, which are all suffering fast rises in coronavirus cases, can still get on top of the pandemi...
Jul 23, 2020
WHO chief says questioning of his independence ‘unacceptable’
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization chief said on Thursday that comments questioning his independence would not distract the organisation from its work in fighting the coronavirus. Direct...
Jul 23, 2020
U.S. coronavirus cases pass four million in rapid acceleration
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - The total number of coronavirus cases reported in the United States passed 4 million on Thursday, reflecting a rapid acceleration of infections detected in the country sin...
Jul 23, 2020
Baseball: Fox to bring the noise with ‘virtual fans’ as sport adjusts to new normal
(Reuters) - When the Major League Baseball season gets underway on Saturday, players will be met by an eerie silence from empty stands at ballparks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but fans at home can e...
Jul 23, 2020
Kuwait adjusts curfew, re-opens hotels
DUBAI (Reuters) - Kuwait's cabinet has decided to ease the Gulf country's partial curfew slightly so that it now begins at 9 p.m. (1800 GMT) and ends at 3 a.m. (midnight GMT), the country's Center for...
Jul 23, 2020
S&P says hard for Mexico to keep credit rating if Pemex, CFE debt keeps rising
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Ratings agency S&P on Thursday said it would be difficult for Mexico to maintain its credit rating if debts kreep ising at state oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos and the state powe...
Jul 23, 2020
Democrats reject ‘piecemeal’ approach to U.S. coronavirus relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the top Senate Democrat, Chuck Schumer, shut down the idea of passing a temporary extension of expanded unemployment benefits separate from a...
Jul 23, 2020
U.S. judge orders Trump’s ex-lawyer Cohen released from prison on Friday
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen released from prison on Friday and returned to home confinement. Cohen was sent home from prison in Ma...
Jul 23, 2020
