Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Most Americans believe Russia targeted U.S. soldiers, want sanctions in response, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - A majority of Americans believe that Russia paid the Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan last year amid negotiations to end the war, and more than half want...
Jul 08, 2020
Coronavirus 'collateral damage' hits U.S. rural power providers
By Nick Carey CROPSEY, Ill. (Reuters) - When the coronavirus pandemic left Ron Mueller without a market for the 3,200 piglets his hog breeding operation cranks out weekly and facing huge bills, his lo...
Jul 08, 2020
Canada eyes longer-term debt as servicing costs fall on lower rates: source
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is eyeing issuing longer-term debt to take advantage of low interest rates, and expects servicing costs to be lower this fiscal year than was forecast last y...
Jul 08, 2020
Trump's troubles in Arizona mount with coronavirus surge
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Arizona has served as a southwestern bulwark for Republicans for decades, voting for a Democratic presidential candidate only once since 1948. But a surge of coronavirus cases...
Jul 08, 2020
Foreign students fret over being sent home after U.S. visa rule
By Kristina Cooke, Mimi Dwyer and Humeyra Pamuk (Reuters) - When the phone rang Tuesday morning, Raul Romero had barely slept. The 21-year-old Venezuelan, on a scholarship at Ohio's Kenyon College, ha...
Jul 08, 2020
Exclusive: EU reaches deals with Roche, Merck for supply of COVID-19 drugs - source
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has reached agreements with pharmaceutical companies Roche and Merck KGaA to supply experimental drugs that can be used to treat COVID-19 patients, a commi...
Jul 08, 2020
Cannabis firms see jump in insurance costs to protect leaders as investors sue
By Shariq Khan and Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian and U.S. cannabis companies are facing a spike in already high costs of insurance to protect top executives from personal liability, ...
Jul 08, 2020
Facebook not doing enough to fight discrimination, audit says
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc has not done enough to fight discrimination on its platform and some of its decisions were setbacks for civil rights, according to an independent audit commissioned by the com...
Jul 08, 2020
Netherlands bans arrivals from Serbia and Montenegro again
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands shut its borders to people from Serbia and Montenegro again on Wednesday, a week after opening them, citing a rapid rise in coronavirus infections in both countri...
Jul 08, 2020
Airbus workers stage protest over job cuts
TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - Airbus workers began a brief strike on Wednesday over plans to cut up to 15,000 jobs in response to the coronavirus crisis, which has stripped demand for jets as airlines ...
Jul 08, 2020
