Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Chile trucker strike snarls shipments of salmon, fruit and grain
By Aislinn Laing, Natalia A. Ramos Miranda and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A strike by Chile truckers is hitting exports of salmon, fruit, meat and wine from the South American food producer t...
Sep 01, 2020
Brazil nears four million coronavirus cases, death toll at 122,596: health ministry
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil reported 42,659 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,215 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Brazil h...
Sep 01, 2020
Charlie Hebdo attack accomplices face trial five years on
PARIS (Reuters) - The Islamist gunmen who struck the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish store, killing 17, are dead but on Wednesday, five years after the attack that marked the onset of a wave of Is...
Sep 01, 2020
Pompeo: 'Cold War analogy has some relevance' with China but challenges different
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday a "Cold War analogy has some relevance," when talking about relations with China, but the challenges are different. "This is ...
Sep 01, 2020
NFL: Social injustice and COVID-19 in spotlight as kickoff nears
(Reuters) - With the start of the National Football League season just nine days away commissioner Roger Goodell on Tuesday, outlined a long list of initiatives that will be rolled out to put the spot...
Sep 01, 2020
Restrictions keep lenders, borrowers from Main Street Lending Program
By David Brooke NEW YORK (LPC) - Restrictions within the US government's coronavirus aid Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) are staving off borrowers and lenders alike even as new lending activity beg...
Sep 01, 2020
COVID-19 antibodies present in patients four months after recovery: study
By Vishwadha Chander (Reuters) - Antibody levels against the novel coronavirus rose and then held steady for up to four months in more than 90% of recovered COVID-19 patients in Iceland, according to ...
Sep 01, 2020
Home favourite Kenin eases into second round at U.S. Open
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin produced a dominant display to dispatch Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 6-2 6-2 in the opening round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday. American Kenin, who...
Sep 01, 2020
Murray produces gutsy fightback to beat Nishioka in five sets
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former champion Andy Murray produced an astonishing fightback to outlast Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka 4-6 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(4) 6-4 in his long-awaited return to Grand Slam singles acti...
Sep 01, 2020
Mexican president says country's economy has weathered pandemic better than others
By Daina Beth Solomon and Anthony Esposito MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defended his handling of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday,...
Sep 01, 2020
