Category Archives: Syndicated
New cases? Deaths? U.S. states’ reopening plans are all over the map
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has set some distinct goals the federal district needs to meet in order for her to feel comfortable ending a stay-at-home or...
May 18, 2020
Exclusive: CDC plans sweeping COVID-19 antibody study in 25 metropolitan areas
By Nick Brown (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans a nationwide study of up to 325,000 people to track how the new coronavirus is spreading across the country in...
May 18, 2020
Sudan extends lockdown in Khartoum state by two weeks: SUNA
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has extended a lockdown of the state of Khartoum by an additional two weeks from Tuesday to try to slow the spread of the deadly COVID-19 disease, the state news agency repo...
May 18, 2020
Trump says should be possible to allow PPP borrowers more time to use loans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday extending the amount of time borrowers in the Paycheck Protection Program have to spend their funds to 24 weeks from the current eight...
May 18, 2020
Pro sports events in California could begin sans fans June 1: governor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California could allow pro sporting events to take place without fans present as soon as June 1, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday. Such a move, which would be predic...
May 18, 2020
South Sudan vice president, wife test positive for coronavirus
By Denis Dumo (Reuters) - South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar and his wife Angelina Teny, who serves as defence minister, have tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said on Monday. It s...
May 18, 2020
Pompeo says intent to fire State Dept. IG was not retaliation: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his recommendation to President Donald Trump that the inspector general of the State Department be fired was not an act of retaliation a...
May 18, 2020
EU’s Breton tells Facebook’s Zuckerberg the fake news buck stops with him
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU industry chief Thierry Breton on Monday warned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that his social media firm and other tech giants may be subjected to tough rules if ...
May 18, 2020
Trump says big announcements made and coming on therapeutics, vaccines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that some big announcements have been made and are coming on therapeutics and vaccines for dealing with the coronavirus. "This was a v...
May 18, 2020
Spain’s king and economy minister at event over lockdown limit
By Inti Landauro and Joan Faus MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's King Felipe gave a speech at a conference in Madrid on Monday attended by the economy minister and others in an audience over the size authori...
May 18, 2020
