Category Archives: Syndicated
Chicago to re-tighten COVID-19 rules for restaurants, bars, gyms and salons: mayor
(Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said on Monday that the city would re-tighten some restrictions on businesses, including bars and personal services, in an effort to curb recent community spre...
Jul 20, 2020
Delta, Southwest draw strong demand for pilot early departure deals
By Tracy Rucinski and David Shepardson CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines have each received strong demand from pilots for early departure packages aimed at slimming...
Jul 20, 2020
COVID-19 shows a downward trend in Pakistan – government official
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The spread of the novel coronavirus has lately been showing a downward trend in Pakistan, which is the main reason for a marked drop in daily testing, a top gover...
Jul 20, 2020
Snooker: World Championship to allow reduced crowd, says organisers
(Reuters) - Snooker's World Championship at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre from July 31 to Aug. 16 will allow a limited number of spectators after the government paved the way for fans to attend elite s...
Jul 20, 2020
Trump, Egypt’s Sisi agree to maintain ceasefire in Libya: Egyptian presidency
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed at a phone call on Monday to maintain a ceasefire in Libya and avoid an escalation there, the Egyptian p...
Jul 20, 2020
Zimbabwe police arrest critics ahead of anti-government protests
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean police arrested an opposition official and a journalist on Monday, accusing them of inciting violence ahead of street demonstrations planned for next week by activists wh...
Jul 20, 2020
Creator of Misha, mascot of 1980 Moscow Olympics, dies at 84
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian illustrator who designed Misha, the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympics that were boycotted by a slew of countries, died on Monday aged 84, a publisher of children's book...
Jul 20, 2020
Around 24% of Southwest pilots taking voluntary departure deals: source
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Around 24% of Southwest Airlines pilots and around 33% of flight attendants have agreed so far to early retirement or long-term leaves of absence, a person familiar with the matter...
Jul 20, 2020
U.S. adds 11 companies to economic blacklist over China’s treatment of Uighurs
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday it is adding 11 Chinese companies implicated in what it said were human rights violations in connection with Chin...
Jul 20, 2020
Bank of England’s Tenreyro hopes for small skills hit from COVID
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England policymaker Silvana Tenreyro said Britain might avoid an economically damaging loss of skills in its labour market as long as the rise in joblessness caused by the c...
Jul 20, 2020
