Category Archives: Syndicated
U.S. Supreme Court shields religious schools from employment lawsuits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court, siding with Catholic schools in a legal dispute with teachers who said they were unlawfully dismissed, ruled on Wednesday that religious institutions lik...
Jul 08, 2020
NY Fed’s Singh says emergency facilities helped markets despite low usage
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's emergency lending facilities helped stabilize markets after anxiety over the coronavirus sparked volatility in March, and the central bank stands ready to adjust its ...
Jul 08, 2020
No more glass ceiling? Germany seeks female boardroom quota deal
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German minister for women said on Wednesday she hopes the coalition government will soon agree a quota for women on the executive boards of Germany's top listed companies, build...
Jul 08, 2020
IMF calls for global fiscal reform after coronavirus crisis
TOKYO (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund is concerned about rising debt in both emerging and advanced economies due to coronavirus stimulus spending, and it will urge countries to tackle fisc...
Jul 08, 2020
Sarajevo medical workers strike over pay amid second COVID-19 spike
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Around 3,000 frontline medical workers in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo went on strike on Wednesday demanding a wage supplement as the country struggles to contain a second spike i...
Jul 08, 2020
Bayer puts part of Roundup settlement on hold
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bayer has agreed to delay part of a proposed settlement of allegations that its widely used weedkiller Roundup caused cancer after a U.S. judge questioned its plan to deal with f...
Jul 08, 2020
Survivors of Srebrenica genocide march to honour victims, 25 years on
By Dado Ruvic CRNI VRH, Bosnia (Reuters) - Dozens of survivors of the Srebrenica genocide marched through the woods of eastern Bosnia on Wednesday along the route they took to escape Bosnian Serb deat...
Jul 08, 2020
Italy sees EU single market at risk if COVID-19 response not coordinated
MADRID (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday warned that the single European market could be at risk if the area's response to the economic fallouts of the COVID-19 epidemic w...
Jul 08, 2020
White House adviser says another COVID lockdown would be a big mistake
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Another nationwide shutdown to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic would be "a big mistake," White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told CNBC in an interview on Wednesday as...
Jul 08, 2020
Philippines confirms 2,539 new coronavirus cases, biggest single-day increase
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Wednesday reported 2,539 new coronavirus cases, marking the biggest single-day increase in confirmed infections, and five additional deaths. In a...
Jul 08, 2020
