Category Archives: Syndicated
Bolsonaro joins rally against Brazil’s top court; judge warns democracy at risk
By Anthony Boadle and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro joined a rally on Sunday on horseback as supporters urged the closing of the Supreme Court for investigating...
May 31, 2020
Retailers already hit by coronavirus board up as U.S. protests rage
By Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retail giant Target shuttered stores across the U.S. as retailers already reeling from closures due to the coronavirus pandemic shut stores amid protests t...
May 31, 2020
Soccer: Hat-trick hero Sancho wears ‘Justice for George Floyd’ shirt
PADERBORN, Germany (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund players Jadon Sancho and Achraf Hakimi became the latest athletes to join a chorus of outrage over the death of a black man in Minneapolis by wearing s...
May 31, 2020
NHL players call for change after death of unarmed black man
(Reuters) - A number of NHL players have voiced a call to stand together for change amid fiery clashes between police and protesters over last week's death of a black man shown on video gasping for br...
May 31, 2020
U.S. CDC reports total of 1,761,503 coronavirus cases, 103,700 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported a total 1,761,503 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 23,553 cases from its previous count, and said t...
May 31, 2020
Militants in Burkina Faso kill 35 in separate attacks, government says
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Militants in Burkina Faso attacked a cattle market and a humanitarian convoy, killing at least 35 people, the government said on Sunday. Saturday's violence underscores deep in...
May 31, 2020
Workers living in Mexico helping California’s pandemic health response
By Laura Gottesdiener EL CENTRO, Calif. (Reuters) - Hundreds of Mexicans and Americans who live south of the border enter southern California's hospitals every day. But these are not the patients - th...
May 31, 2020
Namibia shuts harbour town airport after two coronavirus infections
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - The airport in the Namibian harbour town of Walvis Bay has closed after two residents tested positive for the coronavirus and the economic hub went into lockdown. The airport woul...
May 31, 2020
Mexico’s Libre Abordo announces bankruptcy, termination of swap with Venezuela
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico-based company Libre Abordo on Sunday said it was bankrupt and that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had terminated an oil-for-food agreement that had allowed the firm...
May 31, 2020
Notre-Dame renovation teams play catch-up as lockdown eases
PARIS (Reuters) - French renovation teams aim complete work on Notre-Dame Cathedral in time for the fifth anniversary of its 2019 fire despite the COVID-19 lockdown, the project leader said on Sunday,...
May 31, 2020
