Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Number of French COVID-19 patients in intensive care rises for second day
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units in French hospitals rose for the second day in a row, reversing a downtrend that has been in place for 16 weeks, health minist...
Aug 04, 2020
Colombia ex-president Uribe says court has ordered his detention
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe said on Tuesday the Supreme Court has ordered his detention amid an investigation into alleged witness tampering and fraud. Uribe - a mentor ...
Aug 04, 2020
2020 Minnesota Governor's Pheasant Hunting Opener Postponed
Fairmont to host event Oct. 8-9, 2021 Governor Tim Walz has announced that this fall's 10th annual Minnesota Governor's Pheasant Hunting Opener, set to be held in Fairmont, has been postponed to 2021....
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Brazil's BNDES raised $1.5 billion with sale of Vale shares: source
RIO (Reuters) - Brazil's state-controlled development bank BNDES raised 8.1 billion reais ($1.53 billion) by selling 135 million shares in miner Vale SA in an auction on Tuesday morning, a source fami...
Aug 04, 2020
Ireland delays reopening of bars again after COVID-19 rate doubles
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland on Tuesday announced a fresh delay to the full reopening of bars, putting off a move to the final stage out of lockdown by three weeks while also tightening travel restricti...
Aug 04, 2020
Zimbabwe's president names his deputy as new health minister
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday appointed his deputy Constantino Chiwenga as the new health minister, tasking him with reforming a decaying health sector amid a r...
Aug 04, 2020
Proportion of youth with COVID-19 triples in five months: WHO
By Ankur Banerjee and Stephanie Nebehay (Reuters) - Young people who are hitting nightclubs and beaches are leading a rise in fresh coronavirus cases across the world, with the proportion of those age...
Aug 04, 2020
Trump signs law to fund overdue maintenance of public lands
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed into law a rare bipartisan bill that will use royalties from offshore oil and gas drilling operations to fund long-overdue maintena...
Aug 04, 2020
High School football and volleyball moves to spring season in Minnesota
The Minnesota State High School League Board of Directors announced high school football and volleyball will move to the spring for the 2020-21 school year. The board approved to have girls tennis, cr...
Aug 04, 2020
End juicy deals, stop oil auctions: Mexican president sets out state energy vision
By Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico should hold no more oil auctions and must favor state-run firms in energy production, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said in a memorandum that ...
Aug 04, 2020
