Category Archives: Syndicated
We want money not medals, say protesting French health workers
PARIS (Reuters) - Hundreds of healthcare workers demonstrated outside a hospital in Paris on Thursday to demand better pay and more resources for a public health sector on the frontline of the COVID-1...
May 28, 2020
EU launches new COVID-19 fundraising to address concerns over equal access
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission launched a new global fundraising campaign on Thursday to finance the development and worldwide distribution of testing, vaccines and treatments against CO...
May 28, 2020
Brazil’s largest city Sao Paulo starts reopening, mayor urges people to keep social distancing
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous city and the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, remains under quarantine despite the reopening of some businesses, the mayor said on Thursda...
May 28, 2020
U.S. House bill aims to boost domestic mining of strategic minerals
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to introduce legislation on Thursday to bolster domestic mining and processing of minerals used in high-tech equipm...
May 28, 2020
New York’s Cuomo says businesses can turn away people not wearing masks
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he would sign an executive order on Thursday authorizing businesses to deny entry to anyone who does not wear a mask or face covering, stressing masks w...
May 28, 2020
Italy records 70 new coronavirus deaths, 593 new cases
ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 70 on Thursday, against 117 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases edged up to 593 ...
May 28, 2020
NY Fed’s Williams says central bank has tools more powerful than negative rates
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Negative interest rates are not a tool that makes sense for the U.S. central bank, New York Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams said on Thursday. "We have other tools tha...
May 28, 2020
The new normal: How safe are beaches?
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - People are hitting the beach as coronavirus restrictions start to ease and summer begins in the northern hemisphere, but access might be limited and public health official...
May 28, 2020
Volkswagen becomes biggest shareholder of China’s EV battery maker Guoxuan
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - German automaker Volkswagen AG has become the biggest shareholder of China's electric vehicle battery maker Guoxuan High-Tech Co Ltd with a 26.5% stake, Guoxuan said in s...
May 28, 2020
Players building counter to MLB’s pay-cut proposal
Upset with MLB's economic offer to players, the Major League Baseball Players Association soon will present a counteroffer to owners that includes a schedule of more than 100 games and an accompanying...
May 28, 2020
