Author Archives: Syndicated Content
FedEx declines to issue 2021 forecast after profit falls
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. package delivery company FedEx Corp said it would not issue a 2021 forecast after its fiscal fourth quarter adjusted profit tumbled amid a deadly pandemic that is upending...
Thomson Reuters Jun 30, 2020
Facebook takes down hundreds of anti-government 'boogaloo' accounts, groups
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook took down hundreds of anti-government "boogaloo" accounts and groups on Tuesday. The company said it designated the network as "dangerous" and subjected them to the ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 30, 2020
Brazil's Guedes says government to make two more payments of 600 reais to informal workers
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's economy minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday that the government will officially extend a 600-real per month emergency aid to informal workers for two more months, but p...
Thomson Reuters Jun 30, 2020
A picture and its story: U.S. couple waves guns at anti-racism protesters
(Reuters) - For Reuters photographer Lawrence Bryant, the events of last Sunday in St. Louis, Missouri, will make him especially vigilant the next time he goes out to cover anti-racism protests that a...
Thomson Reuters Jun 30, 2020
At 500-metre table, Prague citizens see coronavirus out with a dinner
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Seated around a 500-metre-long table covered with white cloth, Prague citizens gathered on the medieval Charles Bridge on Tuesday to say goodbye to the new coronavirus epidemic. On ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 30, 2020
Ex-CEO of opioid treatment maker Indivior pleads guilty in U.S
(Reuters) - Shaun Thaxter, the former chief executive of drugmaker Indivior Plc, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a criminal charge arising out of a U.S. Justice Department investigation into the marketin...
Thomson Reuters Jun 30, 2020
Pet shop speakeasy busted in Brazilian city
By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The shutters were down, but the pub chatter in the midst of a coronavirus quarantine gave the game away: a crowded Brazilian bar under the cover of a pet sh...
Thomson Reuters Jun 30, 2020
Canadian province Manitoba cuts deficit forecast to C$2.9 billion
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Manitoba forecast on Tuesday a fiscal year deficit of C$2.9 billion ($2.13 billion), down from an earlier estimate of C$5 billion, as the spread...
Thomson Reuters Jun 30, 2020
COVID-19 delivery surge strains FedEx service, opening doors for UPS
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A months-long flood of coronavirus-related e-commerce packages is straining service FedEx Corp , giving rival United Parcel Service Inc an opportunity to stea...
Thomson Reuters Jun 30, 2020
Premier League says support for Black Lives Matter not political
By Simon Evans (Reuters) - The Premier League reaffirmed its commitment to its anti-racism campaign on Tuesday, which it said was not political, although it was "aware of the risk posed by groups that...
Thomson Reuters Jun 30, 2020
