Category Archives: Syndicated
Firefighters put out flames aboard U.S. Navy ship in San Diego; vessel’s future unknown
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Crews have extinguished all known fires aboard a U.S. Navy warship that burned for four days at its mooring in San Diego, a top admiral said on Thursday, but it...
Jul 16, 2020
Rangers placed LHP Martin (COVID-19) on injured list
The Texas Rangers on Thursday placed left-hander Brett Martin on the injured list due to his positive test for COVID-19, according to reports. Martin tested positive approximately two weeks ago and wa...
Jul 16, 2020
Fauci implores young people to stay vigilant on coronavirus risk
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - The leading U.S. expert on infectious diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, on Thursday implored younger people to continue social distancing and other measures to curtail spread o...
Jul 16, 2020
Mexico tightens coronavirus curbs in tourist spots, other pockets
By Laura Gottesdiener MONTERREY (Reuters) - The spread of the coronavirus has spurred Mexican authorities to impose local restrictions on mobility, commerce, and leisure, particularly in popular touri...
Jul 16, 2020
Six Wisconsin Children Diagnosed with Rare Inflammatory Disease Linked to COVID-19
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) — A rare inflammatory syndrome linked to COVID-19 in children has reared its head in Wisconsin. It’s called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, or MIS-C. R...
Jul 16, 2020
New York to invest $750 million to expand electric-vehicle infrastructure
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced an investment program that would allocate $750 million to build charging stations and other electric-vehicle infrastructure as...
Jul 16, 2020
U.N. aid chief to G20 on coronavirus: ‘Step up now or pay price later’
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coronavirus support to poor countries has been so far "grossly inadequate and that's dangerously shortsighted," U.N. aid chief Mark Lowcock said on Thursday as...
Jul 16, 2020
With hospitals ‘close to collapse,’ Bogota doctors call for city-wide quarantine
By Andres Rojas and Herbert Villarraga BOGOTA (Reuters) - Doctors in Bogota are calling for a return to a strict city-wide quarantine to slow coronavirus infections in Colombia's capital, warning that...
Jul 16, 2020
With shift toward merit-based pay, Japan’s Hitachi to drop old ways
By Makiko Yamazaki and Noriyuki Hirata TOKYO (Reuters) - Hitachi Ltd is moving to scrap a remnant of one of Japan Inc's most famous practices: seniority-based pay. The change reflects Hitachi's transf...
Jul 16, 2020
So close yet so far: EU seeks deal on stimulus for COVID-hit economy
By Gabriela Baczynska and Robin Emmott WARSAW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will seek to overcome their differences over a proposed stimulus to kick-start economic growth stifled by the ...
Jul 16, 2020
