Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Florida declares emergency on coast as Hurricane Isaias barrels toward state
By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday declared a state of emergency for counties on the Atlantic coast with Hurricane Isaias expected to hit the state as early ...
Jul 31, 2020
France readies COVID tests for travellers from at-risk countries
By Emilie Delwarde PARIS (Reuters) - France's busiest airport was on Friday preparing to start testing passengers for COVID-19 on arrival from high-risk countries, a move that could reduce the need fo...
Jul 31, 2020
Vietnam health ministry reports second COVID-19 death
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's Health Ministry reported the country's second COVID-19 death late on Friday. The 61-year-old man died Friday afternoon at a hospital in Danang city, where Vietnam last week...
Jul 31, 2020
Canada launches COVID-19 contact tracing app as restrictions loosen
By Kelsey Johnson OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Friday launched a nation-wide contact tracing app to help inform Canadians when they may have been exposed to the coronavirus, part of a broader effort t...
Jul 31, 2020
Divers haul ghost nets from submarine wreck in Greece's Ionian Sea
ATHENS (Reuters) - Divers removed half a tonne of abandoned fishing gear covering a British submarine that sank off the Greek island of Kefalonia in 1941 as well as other wrecks in an effort to protec...
Jul 31, 2020
Coronavirus child care pinch in U.S. poses threat to economic gains of working women
By Jonnelle Marte and Rachel Dissell CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Most days, Zora Pannell works from her dining room table, sitting in front of her computer, turning off the video on Zoom calls to nurse her ...
Jul 31, 2020
Trump still supports Pentagon nominee after confirmation hearing canceled: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump still supports Anthony Tata, his pick for undersecretary of defense for policy, despite the abrupt cancellation of Thursday's Senate confirmation hearing ...
Jul 31, 2020
UK hedge fund manager Odey charged with assaulting a woman
LONDON (Reuters) - Crispin Odey, one of Britain's highest-profile hedge fund managers and political donors, has been charged with assaulting a woman, prosecutors said on Friday. Odey has been charged ...
Jul 31, 2020
Mexico's Alfa to spin off rest of stake in autoparts unit Nemak
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican conglomerate Alfa said on Friday it plans to spin off the entire ownership of its 75% stake in car part business Nemak , sending Alfa's shares surging over 20%. If shar...
Jul 31, 2020
Ukraine wants Belarus to extradite 28 people suspected of fighting in Donbass conflict
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine will ask Belarus to extradite 28 people, including nine Ukrainian citizens, whom Kyiv suspects of participating in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, reported the Interfax Ukrai...
Jul 31, 2020
