Author Archives: Syndicated Content
JetBlue says will phase out seat blocks by early 2021
By Tracy Rucinski (Reuters) - JetBlue Airways is gradually removing seat blocks set up on its flights early in the pandemic, with all available seats up for sale after the holiday travel season, the b...
Nov 12, 2020
Athletics: Integrity Unit appeals decision to clear world champion Eid Naser
(Reuters) - The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has appealed against a decision to clear world 400 metres champion Salwa Eid Naser of committing an anti-doping violation by missing out-of-competition t...
Nov 12, 2020
Portugal expands COVID-19 curfew and weekend lockdown to more areas
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal on Thursday announced an expansion of a nightly curfew and weekend lockdown already in place across more than 100 municipalities to a further 77 areas as it scrambles to co...
Nov 12, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping decided to halt Ant's IPO: WSJ
(Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping personally decided to pull the plug on Ant Group's $37-billion initial public offering, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing Chinese officials ...
Nov 12, 2020
Doping: U.S. warns WADA to mind its own business
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - The United States warned the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to keep out of its sovereign affairs on Thursday, refusing to remove the threat of pulling funding from the bo...
Nov 12, 2020
Canada's Quebec expects three fiscal years of deficits due to COVID-19
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - Quebec, the Canadian province hardest-hit by the novel coronavirus, said on Thursday it expects three fiscal years of declining budgetary deficits, as it spends...
Nov 12, 2020
Man sets himself on fire in Cairo's Tahrir Square
CAIRO (Reuters) - A man set himself on fire in Tahrir Square in central Cairo on Thursday and was being treated for burns at a hospital in the capital, security sources said. There was no immediate of...
Nov 12, 2020
U.S. government partners with pharmacy chains to increase COVID-19 vaccine access
(Reuters) - The U.S. government is partnering with regional pharmacy chains and independent community pharmacies to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines whenever they are made available, the U.S. Depa...
Nov 12, 2020
Chicago mayor warns her city could see 1,000 more COVID-19 deaths by the end of 2020
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said on Thursday that the third largest city in the U.S. could see 1,000 more COVID-19 deaths by the end of 2020 if residents do not change ...
Nov 12, 2020
Buyout fund EQT in early takeover talks with KPN: source
By Pamela Barbaglia and Toby Sterling LONDON/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - European private equity fund EQT is holding preliminary talks with KPN NV over a possible takeover bid that could value the largest D...
Nov 12, 2020
