Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. held back on Belarus sanctions, hoping for joint move with EU
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has held off on joining Britain and Canada in imposing sanctions on Belarus in hopes the European Union can overcome an internal dispute, paving the way to coo...
Sep 30, 2020
Facebook bans U.S. ads that call voting fraud widespread or election invalid
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook said on Wednesday that it was immediately banning U.S. Facebook and Instagram ads that call voting fraud widespread, or election results invalid, or impugn any one m...
Sep 30, 2020
Senior U.S. lawmakers ask Trump to investigate Navalny poisoning
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee asked President Donald Trump on Wednesday to consider whether the Russian government poisoned Russian opposition polit...
Sep 30, 2020
Northern California wildfire death toll rises to four as crews scramble to beat winds
By Adrees Latif CALISTOGA, Calif. (Reuters) - The death toll from a wildfire raging in northern California's Cascade foothills climbed to four on Wednesday as firefighters battling that blaze and anot...
Sep 30, 2020
Germany issues coronavirus warnings for Belgium, much of France
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany declared regions in 11 European countries to be areas where there was an elevated risk of exposure to the novel coronavirus, while existing warnings about parts of Belgium w...
Sep 30, 2020
Judge rules against Trump, upholding Montana's vote by mail
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - A federal judge in Montana on Wednesday upheld a plan to allow voters to cast ballots by mail, dismissing President Donald Trump's allegations that the process would be marred ...
Sep 30, 2020
U.S. Senate passes bill funding government through December 11, sends to Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate approved on Wednesday a temporary funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the measure to President Donald Trump for signing into law. G...
Sep 30, 2020
Salesforce.com adapts its software for pandemic vaccine distribution
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Salesforce.com on Wednesday said it has adapted some of its business software to help healthcare organizations and government entities distribute vaccines for the novel c...
Sep 30, 2020
No clear link between school opening and COVID surge, study finds
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Widespread reopening of schools after lockdowns and vacations is generally not linked to rising COVID-19 rates, a study of 191 countries has found, but lockdown clos...
Sep 30, 2020
Brazil registers over 1,000 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 1,031 additional coronavirus deaths over the last 24 hours and 33,413 new cases, the nation's health ministry said on Wednesday. The South American nation ...
Sep 30, 2020
