Category Archives: Syndicated
China reports 11 new confirmed, 7 asymptomatic COVID-19 cases for June 12
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported 11 new COVID-19 cases and seven asymptomatic cases for June 12, the national health authority said on Saturday. The National Health Commission (NHC) said in a state...
Jun 12, 2020
Brazil’s Petrobras says it will not hire oil tankers that visited Venezuela
By Sabrina Valle RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA has told shippers it will not hire any tankers that have visited Venezuela in the past 12 months, the state-controlled oil c...
Jun 12, 2020
Canada spy agency warned of ‘shock waves’ from arrest of Huawei founder’s daughter
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's intelligence agency warned that arresting the daughter of billionaire Huawei founder Ren Zheng would set off global "shock waves" and seriously affect ties with China, jus...
Jun 12, 2020
U.S. eases criminal record provision in coronavirus business loan program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal authorities administering business payroll loans as part of U.S. coronavirus relief efforts on Friday eased rules prohibiting lending to business owners with criminal re...
Jun 12, 2020
Mexico City to begin gradual exit from lockdown on Monday
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The mayor of Mexico City said on Friday the Mexican capital will next week lift restrictions on car traffic and public transport, and allow 340,000 factory works to get back to...
Jun 12, 2020
Mexico reports record tally of 5,222 new coronavirus cases
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry reported a record 5,222 new confirmed coronavirus infections along with 504 additional fatalities on Friday, bringing the total in the country to 139,1...
Jun 12, 2020
Man charged with threatening to torch African American church in Virginia
(Reuters) - A man from North Carolina was arrested on Friday on a charge of threatening to torch a predominantly African American church in Virginia after one of its ministers took part in a local pra...
Jun 12, 2020
Fauci: Slight coronavirus spikes may get out of control amid reopening
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - The top U.S. infectious disease official, Dr. Anthony Fauci, on Friday cautioned that the "blips" of rising coronavirus hospitalizations being reported by some states could ...
Jun 12, 2020
Venezuela supreme court to swear in new electoral council leaders, government says
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's supreme court will swear in new leaders of the nation's electoral council in a ceremony on Friday evening, the information ministry said in an email announcing the even...
Jun 12, 2020
Popular blood pressure medicines do not put patients at greater COVID-19 risk, new study finds
By Deborah J. Nelson and Robin Respaut (Reuters) - New research offers reassuring evidence to hundreds of millions of people with high blood pressure that popular anti-hypertension drugs do not put th...
Jun 12, 2020
