Category Archives: Syndicated
All 3 Detroit automakers had workers test positive for COVID-19 since plants reopened
DETROIT (Reuters) - In the week since U.S. auto factories reopened after coronavirus lockdowns, workers at all three Detroit automakers have tested positive for COVID-19 but only Ford Motor Co has tem...
May 27, 2020
Step up your no-deal Brexit plans, EU tells banks in Britain
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial services sector should be ready for a no-deal Brexit when a transition period with Brussels expires in December, a senior European Union official sa...
May 27, 2020
WHO chief announces creation of foundation to tap new funding sources
GENEVA (Reuters) - World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Wednesday the creation of a foundation that will enable it to tap new sources of funding, includin...
May 27, 2020
Sister of Minneapolis black man who died after arrest calls for justice
(Reuters) - The sister of an African-American man who died shortly after a white Minneapolis police officer pinned him down with a knee to the neck called for justice on Wednesday, saying the firing o...
May 27, 2020
French restaurants set empty tables in appeal for lockdown help
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - Restaurants, bars and hotels across France set empty tables and draped chef's aprons outside on Wednesday to protest against continuing lockdown restrictions and d...
May 27, 2020
Boeing laying off 6,700 U.S. workers with thousands more planned
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co said Wednesday it will notify 6,770 U.S. workers they are being laid off with "several thousand remaining layoffs" planned in the next few months, chief executive Dave...
May 27, 2020
NFL onside kick alternative clarified before Thursday vote
When NFL teams vote on the proposed rule change to adopt an alternative to the onside kick on Thursday, the language will be different from what was first introduced. The rule would permit teams to at...
May 27, 2020
Disney proposes partial reopening of Walt Disney World on July 11
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co aims to begin reopening its Walt Disney World theme parks in Orlando, Florida on July 11, a company executive said on Wednesday. Disney needs approval from the county task f...
May 27, 2020
Stalling immigration may add to Canada’s COVID-19 economic woes
By Fergal Smith and Steve Scherer TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's immigration minister expects the flow of people coming to live and work in the country to be a driver of economic growth following...
May 27, 2020
Iran changes tack in Iraqi politics after mastermind’s assassination
By John Davison and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two diplomats are quietly leading Iran's push to influence politics in Iraq, in a departure from the more blunt enforcement employed by Qassem Sol...
May 27, 2020
