Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK Sport hopeful government extends funding for Games in 2021
(Reuters) - UK Sport chair Katherine Grainger has said the organization will hold discussions with the government on extending Team GB's current level of funding through to next year's rescheduled Tok...
Mar 25, 2020
U.S. Senate approves $2-trillion coronavirus economic, medical aid bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a $2-trillion bill aimed at helping unemployed workers and industries hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, as well as providing bill...
Mar 25, 2020
China, U.S. to set aside differences in G20 coronavirus summit: SCMP
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States are expected to call a timeout on their coronavirus blame game and focus on the challenges of the pandemic when leaders of the G20 nations hold talks vi...
Mar 25, 2020
Mexico City coronavirus test lab draws lines of people
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Dozens of people waited in their cars and on the sidewalk at a laboratory in an upscale Mexico City neighborhood on Wednesday to be tested for coronavirus, eager for diagnoses ...
Mar 25, 2020
Soccer: PFA seeking talks with Premier League, EFL over coronavirus
(Reuters) - The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) has called for urgent talks with the Premier League and English Football League to discuss the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic....
Mar 25, 2020
Japan to set up coronavirus HQ, possible step to emergency declaration: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government was preparing to set up a special headquarters on coronavirus as early as Thursday afternoon, a step that could set the stage for declaring a state of emergen...
Mar 25, 2020
Airbnb says U.S. coronavirus stimulus bill could offer its hosts some relief
By Jane Lanhee Lee SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Airbnb Inc hosts in the United States could get some relief from a $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill that is nearing a vote in Congress, the home-renta...
Mar 25, 2020
California man charged with coronavirus-linked fraud
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Southern California man was arrested on Wednesday on a federal fraud charge alleging he solicited investments in a company that would market a pill that would prevent the coro...
Mar 25, 2020
Mexican rights groups denounce crackdown on migrants protesting over coronavirus fears
By Julia Love MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - This week, dozens of migrants in Mexico's largest detention center gathered to protest over fears they will contract the coronavirus in the facility, which advoca...
Mar 25, 2020
Mexican government to suspend activities from Thursday
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's federal government will suspend all non-essential activities beginning on Thursday, Mexico's deputy health minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell told reporters. Mexico registered...
Mar 25, 2020
