Category Archives: Syndicated
Number of workers who contracted COVID-19 at JBS plant in Brazil is 12: source
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Some 12 workers at a Brazilian chicken plant operated by JBS SA have contracted COVID-19, a source close to the company told Reuters on Friday on condition of anonymity. The plan...
Apr 24, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 865,585 coronavirus cases, 48,816 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 865,585 cases of the novel coronavirus, an increase of 37,144 from its previous count, and said the number of d...
Apr 24, 2020
Trump threatens to block aid for U.S. post office if it does not raise prices for Amazon
By Diane Bartz and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to block federal aid for the U.S. Postal Service unless it raises shipping rates for online companies l...
Apr 24, 2020
KLM to receive up to 4 billion euros in financial aid: finance minister
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - KLM, the Dutch subsidiary of Air France KLM , will receive 2-4 billion euros (up to $4.32 billion) in emergency aid to help it through the COVID-19 crisis, Dutch Finance Minister...
Apr 24, 2020
Coronavirus and COVID-19: Fact versus fiction
By Kate Kelland and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's musings about whether disinfectants and ultraviolet light can be inserted into patients' bodies to treat COVID-19 have a...
Apr 24, 2020
In coronavirus pandemic, do your part by staying healthy. Here’s what doctors recommend
(Reuters) - Americans can avoid burdening an already stressed healthcare system by staying healthy, and experts said some simple practices help during the novel coronavirus pandemic. For people isolat...
Apr 24, 2020
Pandemic could fuel demand for ‘diaspora bonds’, says World Bank
By Andrea Shalal and Tom Arnold WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic and its devastating economic impact on developing countries could fuel fresh interest in so-called diaspora bonds...
Apr 24, 2020
Quadriplegic ex rugby player raises money by climbing ‘Everest’ up stairs
BATH, England (Reuters) - Quadriplegic former professional rugby player Ed Jackson has scaled the height of Mount Everest by hauling himself up and down the stairs of his parents' house and raised mor...
Apr 24, 2020
Lufthansa seeking 290 million euro loan for Belgian airline: media
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German airline Lufthansa is seeking a loan of 290 million euros ($313.08 million) loan from the Belgian government to avoid the bankruptcy of its Belgian subsidiary Brussels Airli...
Apr 24, 2020
Scaramucci’s SkyBridge hit with heavy redemption requests as fund fell: letter
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Investors in SkyBridge Capital asked for hundreds of millions of dollars back after the fund suffered a 23% loss in March when investments made by its debt-fo...
Apr 24, 2020
