Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: New head of Latin American development bank launches early push for capital increase
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new head of Latin America's main financing institution hopes to leverage concerns about Chinese lending to win the support of U.S. lawmakers for boosting th...
Oct 27, 2020
Bulgaria shuts high schools, nightclubs as COVID cases surge
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria is closing nightclubs and discos and students from high schools and universities will study online for two weeks as of Oct. 29 as it grapples to contain a surge in coronavir...
Oct 27, 2020
Sprint star Coleman to miss Olympics after being banned for whereabouts failure
(Reuters) - World 100 metres champion Christian Coleman will miss next year's Tokyo Olympics after being banned for two years for breaching whereabouts rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said o...
Oct 27, 2020
Venezuela's Guaido denounces forced disappearance of party coordinator
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's Juan Guaido on Tuesday accused the government of illegally detaining an opposition activist, blaming it for what he called the forced disappearance of Roland Carreno of...
Oct 27, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 225,084 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday reported 8,680,611 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 63,589 cases from its previous count, and said that the num...
Oct 27, 2020
Tech chief executives to defend key law in front of U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday
By David Shepardson and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of Twitter Inc , Facebook and Alphabet Inc will tell U.S. lawmakers at a hearing on Wednesday that a federal law protec...
Oct 27, 2020
Aston Martin expands deal with Mercedes-Benz in exchange for stake
(Reuters) - Aston Martin on Tuesday expanded a deal with Daimler AG to access the German automaker's technology, including its hybrid and electric drive systems, in exchange for new shares as the stru...
Oct 27, 2020
Cycling: Woods takes Vuelta stage seven, Carapaz stays in red
(Reuters) - Canadian Michael Woods claimed a second career win on the Vuelta when he prevailed in the seventh stage, a 159.7-km hilly ride between Vitoria-Gasteiz and Villanueva de Valdegovia on Tuesd...
Oct 27, 2020
Almost half a million Americans contract COVID-19 in past week as infections surge
By Lisa Shumaker and Maria Caspani CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nearly half a million people in the United States have contracted the novel coronavirus in the last seven days, according to a Reuters tally, as ...
Oct 27, 2020
U.S. group urges Biden to use financial regulation to control climate change
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A climate advocacy group comprised of high-profile backers of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday urged the former vice president to cons...
Oct 27, 2020
