Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Michigan governor signs bill giving state clerks more time to count absentee ballots
DETROIT (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed into law a bill that gives clerks in larger cities of the battleground state an extra 10 hours to open and sort, but not count,...
Oct 06, 2020
Party city Berlin slaps corona curfew on bars, restaurants
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's capital decided on Tuesday to impose a late-night curfew on restaurants and bars to contain surging numbers of new coronavirus cases in Berlin. City mayor Michael Mueller,...
Oct 06, 2020
U.N. extends probe into possible crimes against humanity in Venezuela
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday extended by two years the mandate of investigators who have documented executions, disappearances and torture...
Oct 06, 2020
Resurgent coronavirus hobbles Madrid's hospitality sector
By Raul Cadenas and Silvio Castellanos MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid's hospitality sector says it is struggling due to restrictions on opening hours and capacity aimed at reining in a sharp resurgence in ...
Oct 06, 2020
'There's no one left': Violent floods sweep bodies from cemetery in France
By Michel Bernouin SAINT-DALMAS-DE-TENDE, France (Reuters) - Corpses from a cemetery in southern France were swept down a mountainous valley by a violent storm, with some believed to have washed up on...
Oct 06, 2020
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff go into quarantine after coronavirus hits Coast Guard
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff have gone into self-quarantine after the Coast Guard's No. 2 tested positive for the novel coronavirus following a top-...
Oct 06, 2020
In face of COVID-19 spike, New York Orthodox Jews take holiday prayers outside
By Gabriella Borter MONSEY, N.Y. (Reuters) - Standing at least six feet apart and wearing skullcaps, prayer shawls and face masks, about two dozen Orthodox Jewish men pored over texts this week on a l...
Oct 06, 2020
U.S. bond yields steepen on stimulus hopes, but can they stick?
By David Randall and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rising expectations that a Biden victory and a Democratic sweep of Congress will result in broad fiscal stimulus seem to have roused U.S. bo...
Oct 06, 2020
Russian rights groups call for home raids to stop after journalist self-immolates
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian rights groups on Tuesday called on the authorities to stop using home searches as a tactic to intimidate opponents after a journalist set herself on fire following a police ...
Oct 06, 2020
Canada signs deal with Abbott for Panbio COVID-19 Antigen tests
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said on Tuesday that it had signed a deal with Abbott Rapid Diagnostics to purchase up to 20.5 million Panbio COVID-19 Antigen rapid tests. Health Canada has also authorized ...
Oct 06, 2020
