Category Archives: Syndicated
With hospitals ‘close to collapse,’ Bogota doctors call for city-wide quarantine
By Andres Rojas and Herbert Villarraga BOGOTA (Reuters) - Doctors in Bogota are calling for a return to a strict city-wide quarantine to slow coronavirus infections in Colombia's capital, warning that...
Jul 16, 2020
With shift toward merit-based pay, Japan’s Hitachi to drop old ways
By Makiko Yamazaki and Noriyuki Hirata TOKYO (Reuters) - Hitachi Ltd is moving to scrap a remnant of one of Japan Inc's most famous practices: seniority-based pay. The change reflects Hitachi's transf...
Jul 16, 2020
So close yet so far: EU seeks deal on stimulus for COVID-hit economy
By Gabriela Baczynska and Robin Emmott WARSAW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will seek to overcome their differences over a proposed stimulus to kick-start economic growth stifled by the ...
Jul 16, 2020
Attorney general taps another Justice Department insider for top prosecutor job
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr installed a new interim U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Alabama on Thursday, the latest appointee to come out of t...
Jul 16, 2020
Brazil reports more than two million confirmed coronavirus cases
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil on Thursday passed the 2 million mark for confirmed coronavirus cases, a grim milestone in the country with the worst outbreak after the United States. Deaths rose to...
Jul 16, 2020
State Officials: Group Gatherings, Especially By Young People, Spreading COVID-19
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — State health officials say that the spread of COVID-19 in Wisconsin is being driven primarily by group gatherings, especially by young people. State health officer Step...
Jul 16, 2020
UK boosts healthcare funding to ward off winter COVID-19 wave
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to pour 3 billion pounds ($3.77 billion) into England's National Health Service (NHS) to try to ward off any resurgence of the coronavirus. Britain i...
Jul 16, 2020
F Beasley won’t return to Nets – report
Veteran forward Michael Beasley, who reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus, will not return to the Brooklyn Nets, The Athletic reported on Thursday. Beasley's positive test was reported earli...
Jul 16, 2020
Foreigners sell Treasuries in May, buy record amount of U.S. stocks: data
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foreigners sold U.S. Treasury bonds and notes for a third straight month in May, but bought a record amount of stocks, as well as corporate bonds, data...
Jul 16, 2020
League planning COVID-19 list with full pay: report
The NFL plans to create a COVID-19 classification under the injured reserve umbrella that would give players who test positive for the coronavirus full pay and the chance to return in as few as three ...
Jul 16, 2020
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