Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Argentina ditches takeover plan for soymeal giant Vicentin
By Hugh Bronstein and Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Alberto Fernandez pulled the plug on a planned government takeover of cash-strapped soymeal giant Vicentin, accordin...
Jul 31, 2020
Over half of furloughed UK staff back at work, think tank estimates
LONDON (Reuters) - More than half of the roughly 9 million British employees who were put on furlough during the coronavirus lockdown have already returned to work, the Resolution Foundation think tan...
Jul 31, 2020
MLB warns players to get serious about safety or have season shut down: ESPN
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball warned the MLB Players Association on Friday to get serious about COVID-19 safety protocols or risk having the season shut down, ESPN reported citing unnamed sources....
Jul 31, 2020
Small U.S. business defaults up in states hit hard by COVID-19
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - U.S. states hit hardest by COVID-19 had some of the biggest jumps in small business loan defaults since the onset of the pandemic, and some of the highest rates of default ov...
Jul 31, 2020
South Korea court approves arrest of sect leader linked to COVID-19 outbreak: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court approved on Saturday the arrest of the founder of a controversial church at the centre of the country's largest batch of COVID-19 infections, Yonhap news agency ...
Jul 31, 2020
NFL: Free agent Antonio Brown suspended for eight games
(Reuters) - The National Football League (NFL) on Friday suspended wide receiver Antonio Brown for the first eight regular-season games of the 2020 campaign for violating its personal conduct policy. ...
Jul 31, 2020
MLB says 29 positive COVID-19 tests in last week
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball, whose opening week was overshadowed by a COVID-19 outbreak that could potentially endanger the 2020 season, said on Friday that 0.2% of all tests taken in the past w...
Jul 31, 2020
French soldier dies in Chad accident
PARIS (Reuters) - A French soldier died during a maintenance operation in Chad after a piece of equipment exploded, the defense ministry said in a statement on Friday. The ministry said armed forces w...
Jul 31, 2020
U.S. sets September execution dates for two federal inmates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Friday announced September execution dates for two inmates, in what would be the sixth and seventh federal executions this summer after a 17-year ...
Jul 31, 2020
Brazil registers 52,383 coronavirus cases, 1,212 deaths in 24 hours
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 52,383 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, as well as 1,212 deaths from the disease, the Health Ministry said on Friday...
Jul 31, 2020
