Author Archives: Syndicated Content
United warns pilots more furloughs may be needed than forecast, memo shows
CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines has told its pilots it may need to furlough more than originally planned this year and next due to the impact of a recent increase in COVID-19 cases on its business...
Jul 30, 2020
South Africa probes medical suppliers over COVID-19 tender allegations
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African investigators are probing 102 suppliers of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the country's most populous province after news reports alleged that politicall...
Jul 30, 2020
MLB hitters slow out of the box to start 60-game season
By: Jake Seiner NEW YORK - Two-time defending NL batting champion Christian Yelich has a long way to go if he wants a three-peat. The Milwaukee Brewers star is 1 for 28 to start the season, an .037 av...
Jul 30, 2020
Spain reports 1,229 new coronavirus cases, biggest rise since lockdown lifted
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain reported 1,229 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, topping 1,000 for the second day in a row and marking the biggest rise since a national lockdown was lifted on June 21, ...
Jul 30, 2020
European oil major trading units provide buffer in rough second quarter
By Shadia Nasralla and Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) - The trading units of European oil and gas majors have shielded their second-quarter results from the full force of the corona-induced collapse in d...
Jul 30, 2020
World Athletics to expel Russia's federation if fine unpaid by August 15
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The global governing body for athletics said on Thursday it would expel Russia's federation, suspended since 2015 for having broken anti-doping rules, if it fails to pay a hefty fin...
Jul 30, 2020
Former Unaoil manager gets three-year jail sentence over Iraq bribery
By Kirstin Ridley and Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) - A former manager of consultancy Unaoil was sentenced to three years in jail by a London court on Thursday - the second Unaoil executive to be jailed ...
Jul 30, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic derails Germany's push for migrant integration
By Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) - Nigerian Iyke Anakua had been working for 14 months as a welder, a job he got through a recruitment agency in Berlin, when he received news in mid-March that he would...
Jul 30, 2020
WHO chief says some COVID-19 spikes due to 'young letting down guard'
GENEVA (Reuters) - World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said spikes in the number of new COVID-19 cases in some countries were driven partly by young people letting down their gu...
Jul 30, 2020
Strong ratings boost momentum for women's sport
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - U.S. women's soccer and basketball earned strong television ratings as they returned after being put on hold due to COVID-19, helping to quell concern that the pandemic woul...
Jul 30, 2020
