Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Uzbekistan to reward citizens who take a daily walk
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbeks who walk 10,000 steps a day for a year will be granted free use of state-owned gyms and a 50% discount on services provided by the government, according to a draft document...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
Israeli officials visit Bahrain after deal on ties signed
DUBAI (Reuters) - Israeli officials visited Bahrain on Wednesday to discuss areas of cooperation between the two countries, a Bahrain government spokesperson said. Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
Exclusive: ECB plots Amazon-style market to prevent Wall Street COVID debt swoop
By John O'Donnell and Matt Scuffham FRANKFURT/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe is working on an Amazon-style website to sell hundreds of billions of euros of bank loans which have been soured by the corona...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
Budweiser opens scholarship program to increase diversity in brewing industry
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Budweiser and its parent company Anheuser-Busch Inbev announced Wednesday it will award 30 scholarships annually over the next five years aimed at growing more Black represe...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
Gale Sayers, star football player depicted in 'Brian's Song,' dead at 77: NFL
(Reuters) - Gale Sayers, the former Chicago Bears running back whose graceful moves earned him Hall of Fame honors and whose bond with a dying teammate was chronicled in the movie "Brian's Song," died...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
Southwest CEO 'hopeful' for more airline aid despite Washington impasse: CNBC interview
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Chief Executive Gary Kelly said on Wednesday he is "hopeful" that Washington lawmakers can reach an agreement on more aid for airlines, despite a deadlock over c...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
UK to host 'human challenge' trials for COVID-19 vaccines: FT
(Reuters) - The UK will host clinical trials where volunteers would be deliberately infected with the new coronavirus to assess the effectiveness of experimental vaccines, the Financial Times reported...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
U.S. Justice Department to propose changes to internet platforms immunity: source
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department will unveil later on Wednesday a proposal that seeks to limit legal protections for internet platforms on managing content, a per...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
Belgium eases mask rules, cuts quarantine despite rising cases
By Marine Strauss and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium is ending a requirement to wear masks outdoors and reducing the time people have to self-isolate, in a slight easing of coronavirus...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
Fed's Mester says more stimulus needed to support fragile recovery
(Reuters) - The U.S. economy has rebounded more strongly than expected since businesses began to re-open a few months ago, but the recovery is not broad-based or sustainable, Cleveland Federal Reserve...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
