Category Archives: Syndicated
Embraer to receive $600 million loan, partly backed by govt, due to coronavirus
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Planemaker Embraer said on Monday it will receive a $600 million loan, financed partly by Brazil's government, to help the company weather the coronavirus crisis that has ravaged...
Jun 15, 2020
Walt Disney’s ABC News suspends top executive over allegations of racist comments
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's ABC News has placed on leave one of its top executives, Barbara Fedida, while it investigates press reports that she made racist comments, among other inap...
Jun 15, 2020
Brazil registers 627 new COVID-19 deaths, 888,271 total confirmed cases
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 627 new deaths from COVID-19 on Monday, the Health Ministry said, with a new total of 888,271 confirmed cases of coronavirus. (Reporting by Pedro Fonseca; ...
Jun 15, 2020
UK funds human trials of potential COVID-19 vaccine from Imperial
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists at Imperial College London will start the first clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine this week with more than 45 million pounds ($56.50 million...
Jun 15, 2020
U.S. airlines threaten to ban passengers who break no-mask policy
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Passengers who refuse to comply with U.S. airlines' requirement that they wear facial coverings while flying could have their flying privileges revoked, according to updated polici...
Jun 15, 2020
Two former Pinterest policy employees say they faced racism at work
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Two former Pinterest employees who left the image-sharing company in late May publicly alleged in tweets on Monday that they had experienced racial discrimination in...
Jun 15, 2020
Trump administration is blocking COVID stimulus oversight: government watchdog letter
By Chris Prentice and Koh Gui Qing WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration is hindering oversight of over $1 trillion in pandemic stimulus funds, according to a watchdog group tasked ...
Jun 15, 2020
Canada’s Saskatchewan forecasts budget deficit of C$2.4 billion in fiscal year 2020-21
By Kelsey Johnson (Reuters) - The western Canadian province of Saskatchewan is forecasting a C$2.4 billion ($1.77 billion) budget deficit in 2020-21 as it grapples with shocks from the coronavirus pan...
Jun 15, 2020
Editors at U.S. government’s Voice of America resign as Trump appointee arrives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top two directors at Voice of America resigned on Monday, just as President Donald Trump's appointee began his role as chief executive of the parent organization of the U.S....
Jun 15, 2020
Malta to investigate ex-police chief in Caruana affair
VALLETTA (Reuters) - A Maltese court on Monday ordered an investigation of former police chief Lawrence Cutajar after allegations that he had leaked information to a middleman in the murder of anti-co...
Jun 15, 2020
