Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK's Heathrow airport begins appeal against expansion block
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Heathrow airport launched an appeal to overturn a block on its expansion plans on Wednesday, sticking to its long-held desire to build a new runway despite the pandemic pu...
Thomson Reuters Oct 07, 2020
Virus shatters Latin America's middle class dreams
By Adam Jourdan, Aislinn Laing, Maria Cervantes and Diego Or BUENOS AIRES/SANTIAGO/LIMA/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - When the coronavirus hit Chile and abruptly cost Lorena Rodriguez her job, the 47-year-o...
Thomson Reuters Oct 07, 2020
Prague cafe hits sweet spot with coronavirus-shaped dessert
PRAGUE (Reuters) - A restaurant in Prague's historic centre has invented a dessert shaped like the novel coronavirus, an attempt to arrest a slump in business that is already proving a hit with custom...
Thomson Reuters Oct 07, 2020
White House says 'not optimistic' about comprehensive COVID-19 aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Wednesday said he was not optimistic that a comprehensive deal could be reached on further COVID-19 financial, aid but that the Trump ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 07, 2020
Germany finds one new African swine fever case in wild boar
HAMBURG (Reuters) - One more case of African swine fever (ASF) has been confirmed in a wild boar in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, Germany's federal agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. T...
Thomson Reuters Oct 07, 2020
Russia evacuates villages as huge blaze breaks out at arms depot
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian authorities rushed to evacuate people from more than 10 villages in the region of Ryazan on Wednesday after a blaze broke out at an ammunition depot, sending thick smoke bel...
Thomson Reuters Oct 07, 2020
EU lawmakers clear Commission reshuffle after Hogan exit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament approved on Wednesday a reshuffle of the EU executive forced by the resignation of Phil Hogan, the Irishman who had been in charge of trade. Lawmakers clea...
Thomson Reuters Oct 07, 2020
Wells Fargo cuts more jobs as part of earlier cost-cutting drive
(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co has started to cut jobs at its commercial banking unit as part of larger reductions that will impact nearly all of its functions and business lines, a company spokeswoman ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 07, 2020
Eli Lilly applies for FDA emergency use authorization for COVID-19 treatment
(Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co said on Wednesday it had submitted a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use of its experimental antibody treatment for COVID-19. Separately, th...
Thomson Reuters Oct 07, 2020
Italy imposes mandatory face masks outdoors: health ministry
ROME (Reuters) - Italy on Wednesday made it mandatory to wear face masks outdoors nationwide in an effort to reduce rising COVID-19 infections, the health ministry said after the cabinet agreed on the...
Thomson Reuters Oct 07, 2020
