Category Archives: Syndicated
Simon Wiesenthal Center sues Chubb to ensure coronavirus insurance coverage
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A prominent Los Angeles nonprofit that advocates for human rights and fights anti-Semitism sued Chubb Ltd on Wednesday to ensure it will obtain insurance coverage after...
Apr 29, 2020
Amazon’s foreign websites named in U.S. piracy and counterfeiting report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several of Amazon.com Inc's foreign websites have been added to the U.S. trade regulator's "Notorious Markets" report on marketplaces known for counterfeiting and piracy concern...
Apr 29, 2020
Colombia to offer legal benefits to those who leave gangs
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will offer individuals who leave crime gangs and rebel dissident groups legal benefits including reduced sentences in an effort to weaken illegal armed groups, the Andean c...
Apr 29, 2020
Self-driving vehicles get in on the delivery scene amid COVID-19
By Jane Lanhee Lee and Nathan Frandino SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Self-driving cars, trucks, sidewalk robots and shuttles are rolling out of the labs and parking garages and onto American streets to he...
Apr 29, 2020
Cycling: Tour of Spain organisers scrap Netherlands start plan, cut race to 18 stages
(Reuters) - This year's Tour of Spain will not start in the Netherlands as planned because of the coronavirus crisis but from the Basque Country and will be reduced from 21 to 18 stages, organisers sa...
Apr 29, 2020
Scientists urge Germans to keep social distancing discipline
By Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans must persevere with social distancing or risk exponential growth in the number of coronavirus cases, four leading science institutes said on Wednesday. German...
Apr 29, 2020
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll falls, new cases stable
ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 323 on Wednesday, against 382 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new infections stood at ...
Apr 29, 2020
Saudi malls fill again as kingdom eases coronavirus closures
By Marwa Rashad RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudis began tentatively returning to shopping malls and open-air markets on Wednesday after authorities relaxed restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the novel...
Apr 29, 2020
WHO says it acted ‘quickly and decisively’ on new coronavirus
GENEVA (Reuters) - The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) defended the agency's record in its response to the new coronavirus in a news briefing on Wednesday, saying it had acted "quickly an...
Apr 29, 2020
Blue Apron shares sink as coronavirus order bump fails to boost sales
(Reuters) - Shares of Blue Apron Holdings Inc slumped as much as 33% on Wednesday as the meal-kit company posted a steep decline in quarterly sales even after seeing a boost in orders from Americans c...
Apr 29, 2020
