Category Archives: Syndicated
U.S. Olympics rescheduled for June 2021 in Eugene, Oregon
(Reuters) - The postponed U.S. Olympic track and field trials have been rescheduled for June 18-27, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon, USA Track and Field (USATF) announced on Tuesday. The trials, to be held in ...
Apr 21, 2020
Bosnians allowed to go home after coronavirus quarantine protest
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Protesters in Sarajevo who staged a hunger strike over their treatment in coronavirus quarantine were on Tuesday allowed to go home by Bosnian authorities. About 50 people who had...
Apr 21, 2020
Irish government says GDP could fall as low as 15.3% if second wave of coronavirus
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Irish finance department on Tuesday said GDP for 2020 could fall by 13.8% if the coronavirus is not suppressed in the second quarter, and to 15.3% if there is a second wave. In ...
Apr 21, 2020
World Bank tells G20: Pandemic threatens food security of poor, stop hoarding food
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The poorest countries in the world face food insecurity and malnutrition due to the pandemic, a drop in foreign exchange earnings, export restrictions on food and the breakdown ...
Apr 21, 2020
U.S. could see biggest ever second-quarter GDP decline: White House adviser Hassett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Tuesday the current dip of negative oil prices is due to a "very short-run thing" - the coronavirus pandemic - and that a decl...
Apr 21, 2020
UK made a firm decision on Huawei in 5G: foreign ministry’s top official
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government made a firm decision to allow China's Huawei to have a role in building the country's 5G phone network and as far as the foreign ministry's top official underst...
Apr 21, 2020
Spain’s service sector created net jobs in mid-April after March layoffs
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish labour minister Yolanda Diaz said on Tuesday the country's services sector started creating net jobs last week, marking a slight improvement after companies massively laid o...
Apr 21, 2020
U.S. House leader recommends remote work, amid coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. House of Representatives Democrat recommended measures on Tuesday to allow members to vote and do committee work remotely, even when they are back in Washington, to c...
Apr 21, 2020
Oil giveaway brings out the bears
By Samuel Shen and Tom Westbrook SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The crash in U.S. crude prices has turned a reliable commodity less than worthless and given fresh urgency to bearish voices, who say it...
Apr 21, 2020
Moroccan prison becomes coronavirus hotspot
RABAT (Reuters) - Sixty-eight people, mostly staff, have come down with the coronavirus at a prison in the southern Moroccan city of Ouarzazate, prison authorities said on Tuesday, without reporting a...
Apr 21, 2020
