Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK extends 80% wage subsidies as England goes back into lockdown
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government will extend its emergency coronavirus wage subsidy scheme to ensure workers who are temporarily laid off during a new England-wide lockdown receive 80% of their...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2020
Brazil health minister hospitalized with COVID-19
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello is in stable condition in a hospital after being diagnosed with COVID-19, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday. Pazuello checked...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2020
Israel hails news Dominican Republic may move embassy to Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Saturday welcomed a declaration by the Dominican Republic that the Caribbean country may consider moving its embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. The Dominican Republic'...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2020
Early voting in U.S. election tops 90 million
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 90 million Americans have cast ballots in the U.S. presidential election, according to a tally on Saturday from the U.S. Elections Project at the University of Florida...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 229,109 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 9,024,298 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 99,750 cases from its previous count, and said that the nu...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2020
Rublev sets up Vienna Open final with lucky loser Sonego
(Reuters) - Andrey Rublev marched into the Vienna Open final after Saturday's semi-final opponent Kevin Anderson retired with a leg injury in the second set to leave the Russian one win away from secu...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2020
Italy posts daily record of 31,758 new coronavirus cases on Saturday
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy recorded 31,758 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Saturday, its highest daily tally since the start of the health crisis and up fro...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2020
African swine fever case in wild boar in Germany's Saxony region
BERLIN (Reuters) - A first case of African swine fever (ASF) has been found in a wild boar in the eastern German region of Saxony, Germany's federal agriculture ministry said on Saturday. The ministry...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2020
Orthodox priest injured in French shooting, assailant has fled: police source
PARIS (Reuters) - An orthodox priest has been injured in a shooting in the French city of Lyon and the assailant has fled, a police source said on Saturday. The priest was fired on twice at around 4pm...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2020
UK confirmed COVID-19 cases surge past one million mark
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom on Saturday passed one million confirmed COVID-19 cases, a new milestone as the government considers a new national lockdown in England. "Between 31 January and 3...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2020
