Category Archives: Syndicated
Irish temporary COVID-19 jobless claims fall to 412,900
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The number of people claiming temporary coronavirus-related unemployment payments in Ireland fell to 412,900 from 439,000 a week ago, government data showed on Monday, continuing a ...
Jul 06, 2020
Brazil airline Gol taps loyalty program for a $225 million cash advance
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligents will tap its loyalty program to get a cash advance of 1.2 billion reais ($225.81 million), the company said on Monday, as airlines worldwide continu...
Jul 06, 2020
Brazil’s Hapvida discloses cyber breach, potential client data leak
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian health insurer Hapvida said in a securities filing on Monday it has suffered a cyber attack potentially involving access to the personal information of its customers. H...
Jul 06, 2020
Kenya uses app in battle against desert locusts
By Baz Ratner LORUGUM, Kenya (Reuters) - Lorugum village in northwest Kenya is under siege. Hundreds of thousands of young desert locusts perch on trees, shrubs, and in the grass. In the coming days o...
Jul 06, 2020
Bulgaria to tighten coronavirus controls after surge in cases
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria will clamp down on people who fail to observe obligatory social distancing in public spaces or wear protective masks indoors as new cases of the coronavirus surged, Health M...
Jul 06, 2020
Austria investigating political motive in Chechen dissident’s killing
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria is investigating whether the weekend killing of a Chechen dissident was politically motivated, the prosecutors' office handling the case said on Monday, after two suspects w...
Jul 06, 2020
Robust rule of law a must before getting EU money, top official says
WARSAW (Reuters) - EU countries should only get money from the bloc's budget and the COVID-19 recovery fund if they have robust courts and safeguards against corruption, a top official said on Monday,...
Jul 06, 2020
Uber to buy Postmates in $2.65 billion stock deal, expands food-delivery reach
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc on Monday offered to buy Postmates Inc in a $2.65 billion all-stock deal, looking to expand its reach in the food-delivery services arena while more people order at h...
Jul 06, 2020
Japan agrees with experts to ease restrictions on events from July 10
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Monday the government had agreed with members of a new expert panel to ease restrictions on holding events from July 10. "We agr...
Jul 06, 2020
Estonia rolls back on seasonal worker curb to end ‘strawberry war’
By Tarmo Virki TALLINN (Reuters) - The Estonian government decided on Monday to reverse an earlier decision to block entry to seasonal workers from outside the European Union, ending a standoff dubbed...
Jul 06, 2020
