Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spanish doctors strike as coronavirus cases rise, government mulls new restrictions
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Hundreds of primary care doctors on Tuesday went on strike in the Spanish region of Catalonia calling for better working conditions as coronavirus cases rise. With close to 900,0...
Oct 13, 2020
Breonna Taylor's boyfriend insists police did not identify themselves: CBS
(Reuters) - Breonna Taylor's boyfriend said he was "a million percent sure" police did not identify themselves when they broke into Taylor's apartment and shot her dead, telling CBS News both he and T...
Oct 13, 2020
Cristiano Ronaldo tests positive for COVID-19
LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for COVID-19, Portugal's Football Federation said in a statement on its website on Tuesday. The 35-year-old Juventus striker...
Oct 13, 2020
EU wins right to place tariffs on $4 billion U.S. goods in aircraft spat
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has won the right to impose tariffs on $4 billion in U.S. goods in retaliation for subsidies granted to planemaker Boeing under a World Trade Organization (WTO)...
Oct 13, 2020
Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan donate $100 million more to U.S. election infrastructure
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, said on Tuesday that they will donate an additional $100 million to support electi...
Oct 13, 2020
Afghan forces launch counter assault after Taliban offensive overshadows talks
By Zainullah Stanekzai LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan security forces launched a counter offensive in the south against Taliban fighters, officials said on Tuesday, as fighting raged for ...
Oct 13, 2020
Germany slams Turkey for sending survey ship to eastern Mediterranean
NICOSIA (Reuters) - German foreign minister Heiko Maas criticized Turkey for sending a survey vessel back into controversial waters of the eastern Mediterranean, calling the unilateral move a blow to ...
Oct 13, 2020
Leading German institutes see 2020 GDP declining by less than in 2009: sources
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's leading economic research institutes see Europe's biggest economy shrinking less this year than it did in 2009 during the financial crisis, when GDP fell by 5.7%, sources ...
Oct 13, 2020
Kuroda says BOJ has no immediate plan to issue digital currency
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has no immediate plan to issue central bank digital currency (CBDC), Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday as financial leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) ad...
Oct 13, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court ends Democratic lawmakers' anti-corruption lawsuit against Trump
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday put an end to a lawsuit brought by congressional Democrats that accused President Donald Trump of violating anti-corruption provisions ...
Oct 13, 2020
