Category Archives: Syndicated
White House’s Birx urges mask use where COVID-19 rates are rising
(Reuters) - White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator Deborah Birx urged the use of masks among people living in counties and metro areas where more than 5 percent of COVID-19 tests are positive,...
Jul 10, 2020
Bulgaria, Croatia take vital step on road to joining euro
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bulgaria and Croatia have been accepted into ERM-2 mechanism, a mandatory waiting room for joining the euro, kicking off the currency bloc's first expansion in half a decade, the...
Jul 10, 2020
Russian LGBT activist fined for ‘gay propaganda’ family drawings
By Maria Vasilyeva MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian LGBT activist said she was fined 75,000 roubles ($1,000) on Friday on charges of spreading "gay propaganda" among minors by publishing drawings of same-...
Jul 10, 2020
‘Batman’ to get new spinoff police TV series
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The "Batman" universe is expanding, with a TV series set in Gotham City's police department that will explore corruption, streaming platform HBO Max said on Friday. HBO Max sai...
Jul 10, 2020
Cirque du Soleil and secured creditors near rival bid for troupe
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Cirque du Soleil and its secured creditors are close to reaching a agreement on a second stalking horse bid for the financially strapped entertainment group, after lenders opposed...
Jul 10, 2020
Britain to invest $50 million in small nuclear reactor projects
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government said on Friday it will invest 40 million pounds ($51 million) in developing and supporting small nuclear reactor projects. The government said 30 million poun...
Jul 10, 2020
Exclusive: Apple supplier Foxconn to invest $1 billion in India, sources say
By Sankalp Phartiyal and Yimou Lee NEW DELHI/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Foxconn plans to invest up to $1 billion to expand a factory in southern India where the Taiwanese contract manufacturer assembles Apple...
Jul 10, 2020
Hundreds barred from voting in Spanish regional elections due to COVID-19
MADRID (Reuters) - Some 450 people who recently tested positive for the coronavirus will be unable to vote in elections in the Spanish regions of Galicia and the Basque Country on Sunday, authorities ...
Jul 10, 2020
Google to restrict advertising of unauthorized tracking technology
(Reuters) - Google said it would change its policies in August to restrict advertising for spyware and malware that can be used to track a user's texts, phone calls, or browsing history. The updated p...
Jul 10, 2020
WHO says airborne COVID transmission a concern but droplets appear dominant
GENEVA (Reuters) - Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead on the COVID-19 pandemic at the WHO, said on Friday that airborne transmission of the new coronavirus had always been a concern but that droplets ...
Jul 10, 2020
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