Author Archives: Syndicated Content
England's Hatton shares lead at Wentworth
(Reuters) - England's Tyrrell Hatton, South Africa's Justin Harding and Spain's Adri Arnaus carded first rounds of six-under-par 66 to share the lead in the BMW PGA Championship on Thursday. World num...
Thomson Reuters Oct 08, 2020
London Film Festival offers beacon of hope to COVID-hit industry
By Paul Sandle and Jonathan Shenfield LONDON (Reuters) - The pizzazz of the red carpet will be lacking and fewer films will be on offer at this year's London Film Festival, but fans can still enjoy a ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 08, 2020
U.S. water row puts Mexican president in opposition sights
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's desire to placate the United States in a dispute over water has given the beleaguered opposition a flag to rally ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 08, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 211,132 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 7,528,313 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 53,051 cases from its previous count, and said the num...
Thomson Reuters Oct 08, 2020
Six Yamaha engineers to miss French Grand Prix after one COVID-19 positive
(Reuters) - Six engineers from Yamaha will miss the French Grand Prix MotoGP race this weekend after one of them tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week, the team said on Thursday. "Yamaha Moto...
Thomson Reuters Oct 08, 2020
Political failings put Colombian activists at risk: Amnesty
By Luis Jaime Acosta and Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) - Frequent threats, attacks and killings targeting local activists across Colombia highlight the government's inability to protect human righ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 08, 2020
Fed's Rosengren: had not assumed near-term fiscal stimulus in latest forecast
(Reuters) - Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren on Thursday said he assumed no new fiscal stimulus this year when making his latest economic projections and thus his outlook was among the ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 08, 2020
Trial of Giuliani associates Parnas, Fruman delayed to March 2021
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday delayed the criminal trial of two former associates of U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on campaign fina...
Thomson Reuters Oct 08, 2020
Swiatek puts studies on the back burner to focus on tennis
PARIS (Reuters) - Polish teenager Iga Swiatek decided to put off going to university for two years in order to try to make it in tennis - a decision which was richly rewarded on Thursday when she reac...
Thomson Reuters Oct 08, 2020
Fed's Kaplan sees U.S. economy shrinking just 2.5% this year
(Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan on Thursday said he expects the U.S. economy to contract 2.5% this year, an upgrade from just over a week ago when he forecast a 3% contracti...
Thomson Reuters Oct 08, 2020
