Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: French state to raise 2.8 billion euros from 5G spectrum sale - sources
PARIS (Reuters) - The French state will receive about 2.8 billion euros ($3.3 billion) in total proceeds from the sale of the country's 5G spectrum sale following an auction that ended on Thursday, tw...
Oct 01, 2020
Former IMF chief Rato to leave Spanish prison on semi-release from embezzlement sentence
MADRID (Reuters) - Former IMF boss Rodrigo Rato was set to walk out of a Madrid prison after Spain's High Court on Thursday granted him a semi-release which allows him to serve the rest of a four-and-...
Oct 01, 2020
Italy tops 2,000 daily coronavirus cases for first time since April: health ministry
ROME (Reuters) - Italy has registered 2,548 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday, the first time the country has exceeded 2,000 cases in a single day...
Oct 01, 2020
LEADING OFF: Marlins’ Marte hopes to play with broken hand
A look at what's happening around the majors today: ___ GOING SHORT-HANDED? The Marlins are hoping center fielder Starling Marte can play through a broken bone in his left hand as they try to eliminat...
Oct 01, 2020
Britain reports slight dip in new COVID-19 cases on Thursday
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Thursday reported 6,914 new COVID-19 cases, a slight fall from the previous two days when there were more than 7,000 cases reported daily. There were 59 deaths within 28 ...
Oct 01, 2020
UK police officer died from shot to the chest, inquest hears
LONDON (Reuters) - A British officer shot dead by a suspect at a London police station last week died from a gunshot wound to the chest, an inquest heard on Thursday. Sergeant Matt Ratana was killed a...
Oct 01, 2020
NFL postpones Steelers-Titans after 2 more positive tests
By: Teresa M. Walker NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The NFL postponed Sunday's Pittsburgh Steelers game at Tennessee until later in the season after one additional Titans player and one personnel member tested po...
Oct 01, 2020
Canada launches C$10 billion infrastructure plan to aid post-coronavirus recovery
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is launching a C$10 billion ($7.5 billion) three-year infrastructure plan that will help the country recover from the coronavirus outbreak and create 60,000 jobs, Prime Minis...
Oct 01, 2020
Spaniard is first player convicted of courtsiding betting offence
(Reuters) - Unranked Spaniard Gerard Platero Rodriguez has become the first tennis player convicted of 'courtsiding', which involves sending live scoring data from a match to a third party for betting...
Oct 01, 2020
Russia confronts waning influence over Karabakh foes, must reckon with Turkey
By Mark Trevelyan and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired off one appeal after another for a ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces, but th...
Oct 01, 2020
