Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'America's Toughest Sheriff' faces tough race to win old job back
By David Shwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Arizona's largest county who built a national reputation as a staunch opponent of illegal immigration and found a powerful ally i...
Aug 04, 2020
Booking.com wants to lay off a quarter of its staff: NRC Handelsblad
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Booking Holding Inc., the U.S.-based company that owns travel website Booking.com, wants to layoff one quarter of its 17,000 workers as a result of business lost during the coron...
Aug 04, 2020
Military helps worn-out nurses, sicker patients in California COVID-19 effort
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - All day long, as Air Force nurse Major Pinky Brewton cares for patients struggling to breathe in California's COVID-19 ravaged San Joaquin Valley, fe...
Aug 04, 2020
Sun Pharma latest to sell COVID-19 drug favipiravir in India
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said on Tuesday it would soon begin selling its version of favipiravir, becoming the latest generic drugmaker to supply the antiviral to...
Aug 04, 2020
White House, U.S. Congress Democrats to continue effort on coronavirus aid
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top White House officials and Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress will try again on Tuesday to narrow gaping differences over a fifth major coronavirus-aid b...
Aug 04, 2020
Microsoft's rescue attempt of TikTok endears old company to new generation
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Microsoft has emerged as a savior to young users of TikTok, who praised the tech industry giant for trying to buy parts of the social media company's operations, in hopes of...
Aug 04, 2020
Giant SOS on Pacific isle leads to rescue of three stranded sailors
(Reuters) - Three Micronesian sailors stranded on a remote Pacific island drew a giant SOS message in the sand to attract the attention of rescuers, who found them three days after they went missing a...
Aug 04, 2020
Apply through Aug. 14 for special Minnesota youth deer hunts
Minnesota has special hunting opportunities for youth deer hunters. There is a limited number of permits for each hunt, with the individual hunts taking place on various dates during the fall in state...
Aug 04, 2020
Afghan grand assembly on fate of hundreds of Taliban prisoners set for Friday
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan will convene a grand assembly of elders, known as the loya jirga, in Kabul on Friday to decide the fate of hundreds of prisoners the Taliban insist should be released bef...
Aug 04, 2020
Vietnam capital short of test kits as national coronavirus cases climb
By Khanh Vu and Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam reported 10 new COVID-19 infections and two deaths on Tuesday, lifting its total cases to 652, with eight dead, as the capital Hanoi said it was...
Aug 04, 2020
