Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spain reports 1,895 new coronavirus cases on Friday, health authorities say
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Spain on Friday reported 1,895 new coronavirus infections in the past day, mainly in the regions of the Basque Country, Catalonia and Aragon. That compares with a 1,683 ri...
Aug 07, 2020
Insured losses from Beirut blast seen around $3 billion: sources
By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - Insured losses from the Beirut port warehouse explosion are likely to total around $3 billion, similar to those from an explosion at the Chin...
Aug 07, 2020
UK and Japan aim to strike outline trade deal this month
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and Japan have reached substantial agreement in most areas for a bilateral post-Brexit trade deal and will try to clinch a preliminary deal by the end of this month, top off...
Aug 07, 2020
WNBA reports no positive COVID-19 tests in bubble
The WNBA has not had a player with a confirmed positive for COVID-19 since the quarantine period in the league's bubble in Bradenton, Fla., ended four weeks ago. The league announced the results of th...
Aug 07, 2020
U.S. judge agrees to end decades-old movie theater rules
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday granted the U.S. government's request to immediately end the Paramount Decrees, a set of antitrust rules from the late 1940s and earl...
Aug 07, 2020
UK extends household meeting ban to the town of Preston
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government on Friday ordered a ban on gatherings of households in the northern English town of Preston in its latest localised clampdown to try to slow the spread of the c...
Aug 07, 2020
Catalan separatist leader blasts former Spanish king's exit as 'loud and ridiculous scandal'
MADRID (Reuters) - Catalonia's separatist leader said on Friday that the abrupt departure abroad by Spain's former king Juan Carlos, whose whereabouts have yet to be officially confirmed, was a farce....
Aug 07, 2020
All New York schools can open for in-person learning, Governor Cuomo says
By Gabriella Borter and Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday said all school districts in his state, once the epicenter of the nation's COVID-19 crisis, could op...
Aug 07, 2020
Pelosi: Democrats want biggest possible number on coronavirus UI benefit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that Democrats seeking a deal on new coronavirus legislation want to lock in the largest enhanced unemployment ...
Aug 07, 2020
Exclusive: PDVSA changes oil deals to include shipping as sanctions bite - documents
By Marianna Parraga (Reuters) - Venezuelan state-run oil firm PDVSA has begun offering to ship its own oil, figuring in the costs in crude supply deals to help customers who have struggled to hire ves...
Aug 07, 2020
