Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Portugal breaks daily records in COVID-19 cases and deaths
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal reported a record-breaking 303 COVID-19 deaths and 16,432 cases on Thursday, as it struggles to contain a crippling surge in cases over the past month. The country of 10 mi...
Jan 28, 2021
As coronavirus lockdown bites, poverty fuels Lebanese protests
SIDON, Lebanon (Reuters) - Daoud Temsah has been out of a job for half a year. Before that he was earning barely $2 a day at a coffee shop in Lebanon's southern city of Sidon, until coronavirus lockdo...
Jan 28, 2021
More than half of world's airline pilots no longer flying: survey
(Reuters) - More than half of the world's airline pilots are no longer flying for a living amid the plunge in demand during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey, and those that are stil...
Jan 28, 2021
Amsterdam zoo Artis gives up lions amid coronavirus cash crunch
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Amsterdam's zoo Artis, one of the oldest animal parks in Europe, said on Thursday it will stop keeping lions because it can't afford them due to the financial fallout from the co...
Jan 28, 2021
UBS not in any talks on Orcel's deferred pay: chairman
MILAN (Reuters) - UBS is not involved in any discussions over Italian banker Andrea Orcel's 55 million euro ($67 million) deferred pay package forfeited when he left the Swiss bank to join Santander, ...
Jan 28, 2021
Israel plays down possible Biden administration review of arms for UAE
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli leaders played down on Thursday a possible Biden administration review of U.S. arms sales to the United Arab Emirates that girded the Gulf power's rapprochement with Isra...
Jan 28, 2021
'Robust' COVID-19 aid bill debate to begin in Senate next week: Sen. Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate next week will begin debating a coronavirus aid bill and will proceed even if Republicans are not on board, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday...
Jan 28, 2021
U.S. shale ponders the unexpected: what to do with coming cash windfall?
By Jennifer Hiller HOUSTON (Reuters) - A sustained rise in global oil prices has U.S. shale producers pondering something few expected to be considering after last year's tumble: how to allocate risin...
Jan 28, 2021
Chile receives two million-dose first delivery of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile received a first shipment of almost two million doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinovac on Thursday and plans to roll it ou...
Jan 28, 2021
U.S. new home sales miss expectations in December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes rose less than expected in December, likely restricted by a jump in home prices. New home sales increased 1.6% to a seasonally adjusted ann...
Jan 28, 2021
