Category Archives: Syndicated
Afghan government frees 100 Taliban prisoners as part of peace process
KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan government freed 100 Taliban prisoners on Wednesday as a first step in a peace process with the hardline Islamists, despite the group's suspension of talks on a planned pr...
Apr 08, 2020
Coming next from the Fed: How much for Main Street?
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve responded fast to the coronavirus crisis with open-ended programs to keep financial markets running and ensure major companies could...
Apr 08, 2020
Novelty toilet roll cakes keep Finnish baker in business
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A quick-thinking Helsinki bakery has saved itself from financial ruin due to the new coronavirus pandemic by creating a cake that looks like a toilet roll. The dismayed staff at t...
Apr 08, 2020
Brady to Stern: ‘I never cared about legacy’
Tom Brady knew before the start of last season that it likely was his last ride in New England. "I knew that our time was coming to an end," the new Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback said during an app...
Apr 08, 2020
Fed says modifying Wells Fargo asset cap so bank can make more small business loans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it would "temporarily and narrowly" modify the growth restriction on Wells Fargo & Co's asset cap so the bank can make more loans ...
Apr 08, 2020
Fed’s Evans says he hopes for recovery to start in second half
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Employment and output will drop sharply this quarter, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said Wednesday, but if government programs are successful in gettin...
Apr 08, 2020
Cycling: Contador auctions 2011 bike for Spanish Red Cross
PARIS (Reuters) - Seven-time grand tour winner Alberto Contador is auctioning the bike he used during the 2011 Giro d'Italia and Tour de France races and will donate the money to the Spanish Red Cross...
Apr 08, 2020
Syrian air force behind chemical attacks, investigation team finds
By Anthony Deutsch (Reuters) - Syrian Arab Air Force pilots flying Sukhoi Su-22 military planes and a helicopter dropped bombs containing poisonous chlorine and sarin nerve gas on a village in the cou...
Apr 08, 2020
Cubans cast aside coronavirus fears to search for scarcer food
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - From the seafront capital Havana to the foothills of the Sierra Maestra mountains, Cubans are defying fear of the new coronavirus to search for food as global trade di...
Apr 08, 2020
Infantino talks of different football, but what might it look like?
By Brian Homewood BERN (Reuters) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said that football will be "totally different" when it re-starts after the coronavirus. He has talked of smaller, but more meanin...
Apr 08, 2020
