Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sudan declares three-month state of emergency over floods: SUNA
CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan's Security and Defense Council declared a national state of emergency for three months because of floods that have killed 99 people this year and designated Sudan a natural dis...
Sep 04, 2020
Japan's Suga signals focus on protecting jobs, rules out sales tax cut
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Saturday the new prime minister must continue to protect companies and jobs, mainly through pay-outs and loans, to cushion the ...
Sep 04, 2020
Zverev holds off Mannarino to reach U.S. Open fourth round
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fifth seed Alexander Zverev overcame a slow start to dispatch France's Adrian Mannarino 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 6-2 at the U.S. Open on Friday in a match that was delayed by health officia...
Sep 04, 2020
Argentina's GDP to fall 12% in 2020 due to COVID-19, central bank poll says
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's economy is likely to contract 12% in 2020 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, a central bank survey of economists showed on Friday, a ...
Sep 04, 2020
Roche, Blueprint lung cancer drug wins FDA approval
(Reuters) - Roche Holding AG on Friday said a therapy it co-developed with Cambridge-based Blueprint Medicines Corp was approved by the U.S. health regulator for the treatment of patients with a type ...
Sep 04, 2020
Mexico records 6,196 new coronavirus cases, 522 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Friday reported 6,196 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 522 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 623,090 case...
Sep 04, 2020
U.S. Open order of play on Saturday
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Order of play on the main show courts on the sixth day of the U.S. Open on Saturday (play starts at 1500 GMT/11 AM ET unless stated, prefix number denotes seeding): Arthur Ashe St...
Sep 04, 2020
Twins win 3-2 in extra innings, sweep Tigers in doubleheader
By Brian Hall MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Marwin Gonzalez singled home Willians Astudillo in the eighth inning, and the Minnesota Twins rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 and sweep Friday's doubleheader. A...
Sep 04, 2020
Former Cook Islands leader dies of COVID-19 in New Zealand
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A former prime minister of the Cook Islands, Joseph Williams, has died of COVID-19 in Auckland, New Zealand's health ministry said on Saturday, taking the number of coronavirus-r...
Sep 04, 2020
Images suggest North Korea may be preparing launch of submarine missile: think tank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Satellite imagery of a North Korean shipyard on Friday shows activity suggestive of preparations for a test of a medium-range submarine-launched ballistic missile, a U.S. think ...
Sep 04, 2020
