Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tanzania arrests opposition party leader, revokes newspaper licence
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian opposition party leader Zitto Kabwe and eight other members were arrested on Tuesday for holding an illegal assembly, the party said, accusing the government of rep...
Jun 23, 2020
U.S. minor league baseball teams sue insurers for pandemic business losses
By Suzanne Barlyn (Reuters) - Fifteen U.S. minor league baseball teams on Tuesday sued several insurers, including a Tokio Marine Holdings Inc unit, for not paying out claims for business interruption...
Jun 23, 2020
Croatian PM refuses to self-isolate after brief encounter with Djokovic
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said he would not self-isolate following his brief encounter with Novak Djokovic, the men's world number one tennis player who tested posi...
Jun 23, 2020
Explainer: Who is affected by Trump’s suspension of foreign work visas?
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump temporarily suspended the entry into the United States of certain foreign workers on Monday despite strong opposition from business groups, ...
Jun 23, 2020
Microsoft adds to diversity investment, aims to increase number of Black employees
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Tuesday set a five-year diversity goal to address racial inequality at its offices, following protests over police brutality against African Americans in the United State...
Jun 23, 2020
Wife of Canadian detained in China speaks out
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - The wife of a Canadian arrested in Beijing after Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was detained in Vancouver asked on Tuesday that the Canadian justice minister consider intervenin...
Jun 23, 2020
EU countries may bar U.S. travelers because of coronavirus failures: NY Times
NEW YORK (Reuters) - European Union countries eager to revive their economies are prepared to block Americans from entering because the United States has failed to control the coronavirus pandemic, th...
Jun 23, 2020
Venezuela's Zulia state emerges as coronavirus hot spot
(Reuters) - Venezuela's western Zulia state has emerged as a hot spot for the COVID-19 pandemic as poorly supplied hospitals and chronic shortages of water and power make it difficult to prevent the d...
Jun 23, 2020
Abraaj founder fights U.S. extradition request over fraud charges
By Tom Arnold and Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - Lawyers for the founder of collapsed private equity firm Abraaj Group are urging a British court to refuse his extradition to the United States on f...
Jun 23, 2020
Trump visits Arizona amid increase in coronavirus cases, polling worries
By Steve Holland YUMA, Arizona (Reuters) - Days after his first rally since the coronavirus pandemic drew a smaller-than-expected crowd, President Donald Trump landed in Arizona on Tuesday to tout the...
Jun 23, 2020
