Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Oilers’ Green joins list of players opting out of NHL return
By: Stephen Whyno Roman Polak of the Stars and Mike Green of the Oilers are opting out of playing, and Lightning captain Steven Stamkos will try to play after recovering from injury. In the aftermath ...
Jul 12, 2020
WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus cases, up over 230,000
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Sunday, with the total rising by 230,370 in 24 hours. The biggest increases were from the United Sta...
Jul 12, 2020
Volkswagen to replace head of software division: Handelsblatt
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen is replacing its head of software development, newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Sunday, as the German carmaker wrestles with the transition to electric vehicles. The ne...
Jul 12, 2020
Florida reports over 15,000 COVID-19 cases in single-day record
(Reuters) - Florida reported a record increase of more than 15,000 new cases of COVID-19 in a single day on Sunday as the growing outbreak forces state authorities to close some businesses and beaches...
Jul 12, 2020
Primark rejects 30-million-pound UK bonus for bringing back staff
LONDON (Reuters) - Primark, the fashion retailer owned by AB Foods , said on Sunday it would not take advantage of a British government scheme to pay employers for bringing back staff from furlough, e...
Jul 12, 2020
U.S. Congress needs compromise to extend COVID-19 unemployment payments: Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday she believes U.S. lawmakers can find a compromise on extending jobless benefits and unemployment insurance for Americans str...
Jul 12, 2020
As COVID-19 cases surge in Florida, anti-mask activists hold protests, Disney World reopens
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - As Florida posts the biggest surge of coronavirus cases in the country, Walt Disney World in Orlando opened to the public for the first time in four months and anti-mask a...
Jul 12, 2020
Education Secretary wants U.S. schools open, offers no safety plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Education Secretary Betsy DeVos kept up the administration's push to reopen U.S. schools in the fall on Sunday, but failed to embrace any blueprint - including federal health gu...
Jul 12, 2020
Foreign doctors' hopes for fast-track pandemic licenses in Canada fading
By Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's effort to fast-track careers of foreign-trained doctors to meet growing patient numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in only about two doze...
Jul 12, 2020
Canada's cautious school reopening plans leave moms in the lurch
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - April van Ert should have been relieved when her son's Vancouver school reopened on June 1. For months she had been juggling her busy job and her 11-year-old son's e...
Jul 12, 2020
