Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Djokovic overcomes slow start to reach U.S. Open third round
NEW YORK (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic brushed aside Briton Kyle Edmund 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 6-2 on Wednesday after a sluggish start to remain unbeaten in 2020 and move into the third round of...
Sep 02, 2020
U.S. attorney general says mail-in voting open to 'fraud and coercion'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday that mail-in ballots for the Nov. 3 election could be vulnerable to fraud, echoing an argument President Donald Trump has ma...
Sep 02, 2020
Amid plans to quit, U.S. will not pay what it owes WHO this year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday that it will not pay some $80 million it currently owes to the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) and will instead redirect the mon...
Sep 02, 2020
Barr says there is 'false narrative' that many Black people are shot by white police officers
(Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday said there is a "false narrative" in the U.S. that many unarmed Black people are shot by white police officers. "I think the narrative that ...
Sep 02, 2020
After months of heartache, signs of COVID-19 easing in Brazil
By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's COVID-19 death toll appears to be easing for the first time since May, data shows, a sign the Latin American country could be descending from a lon...
Sep 02, 2020
PVH posts surprise profit as stay-at-home lifts casual clothing demand
(Reuters) - PVH Corp reported a surprise quarterly profit on Wednesday, as the apparel retailer benefited from strong demand for comfortable and casual clothing during the coronavirus-led shift to wor...
Sep 02, 2020
Exclusive: Vaccine group says 76 rich countries now committed to 'COVAX' access plan
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Seventy-six wealthy nations are now committed to joining a global COVID-19 vaccine allocation plan co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO) that aims to help bu...
Sep 02, 2020
Brazil COVID-19 cases rise to almost four million, death toll 123,780: ministry
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil reported 46,934 new cases of the coronavirus and 1,184 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Brazil has r...
Sep 02, 2020
Peru looks to reopen international passenger air travel
By Maria Cervantes LIMA (Reuters) - Peru will restart passenger air transport internationally on Oct. 1 after it was suspended in March due to the coronavirus outbreak, Transport and Communications Mi...
Sep 02, 2020
Swedes confidence in PM's handling of coronavirus crisis declining, poll shows
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Confidence in the way Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and his government have handled the coronavirus pandemic has dropped sharply over the last three months, a poll in dai...
Sep 02, 2020
