Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Coronavirus in 'sustained decline' in Mexico, top official says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is now in "sustained decline" in Mexico after a significant drop in fatalities during the past week, the government's coronavirus czar Hugo Lopez-Gatel...
Aug 18, 2020
Lebanon orders two-week shutdown after COVID-19 surge
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's interior ministry ordered businesses across the country to shut down for two weeks and enforced an overnight curfew from Friday after a rise in coronavirus infections. Tue...
Aug 18, 2020
Fauci says virtual classrooms better in parts of country hard hit by COVID-19
(Reuters) - Easing in with virtual classrooms would be better in parts of the country that have a coronavirus infection positivity rate of more than 10%, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious dis...
Aug 18, 2020
Big Tech drives S&P 500 to record high in coronavirus rally
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - The S&P 500 hit a record high on Tuesday, thanks largely to months of outperformance from Amazon and other heavyweight technology companies viewed by investors as likely ...
Aug 18, 2020
Sudan confirms 'contacts' with Israel, says UAE move is 'brave'
By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan on Tuesday confirmed having contacts with Israel, saying the United Arab Emirates' decision to normalise relations with Israel is "a brave and bold step"...
Aug 18, 2020
Turkey's coronavirus death toll exceeds 6,000: health ministry
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's death toll from the coronavirus rose by 20 on Tuesday to 6,016, health ministry data showed, with the total number of identified cases rising to 251,805. The data showed ...
Aug 18, 2020
France reports over 2,000 new coronavirus infections
PARIS (Reuters) - The French health ministry reported 2,238 new confirmed coronavirus infections on Tuesday. On Monday, when the number of reported cases typically falls sharply, the ministry had repo...
Aug 18, 2020
Bahraini PM, 84, has passed routine medical test: BNA
CAIRO (Reuters) - Bahrain's Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa, 84, has passed a regular medical examination, the state news agency BNA said on Tuesday. The prime minister's office sa...
Aug 18, 2020
TD Ameritrade trading platform thinkorswim hit by systems glitch
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Online retail brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp said some of its thinkorswim desktop trading platform customers were unable to log on for a second-straight day,...
Aug 18, 2020
Faction of DR Congo rebel group surrenders after internal revolt
KASHUGA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Almost 500 fighters from a faction of one the largest armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have surrendered to the government just ove...
Aug 18, 2020
