Author Archives: Syndicated Content
USAID chief to step down, even as U.S. struggles with global pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Mark Green, is to step down from the main U.S. organization for humanitarian assistance, even as the Trump adm...
Mar 16, 2020
MLB pushes baseball season back further, citing CDC guidance on coronavirus
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major League Baseball will further delay the start of its 2020 season, the league said on Monday, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that gatherings o...
Mar 16, 2020
Poland's environment minister tests positive for coronavirus
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's environment minister Michal Wos has tested positive for coronavirus, he said in a tweet on Monday. "I feel good ... and I express solidarity with all those who are sick," h...
Mar 16, 2020
Airline bailouts? Cash handouts? Debate deepens on inoculating economy against coronavirus
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and other rich countries need to start spending their way out of the coronavirus crisis, White House advisers, the International Monetary Fund...
Mar 16, 2020
Italian start-up 3D prints valves to help coronavirus patients
By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) - Italian Cristian Fracassi heard about the shortage of valves used in respirators at his local hospital by word of mouth. The founder of Isinnova, a startup with a s...
Mar 16, 2020
U.S. shale oil output to rise to record 9.08 million barrels per day in April - EIA
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. oil output growth from the Permian basin is expected to offset declines in every other shale formation in April, helping push overall production up by about 18,000 barrels pe...
Mar 16, 2020
Exclusive: Coronavirus peak must be past by end-May for Tokyo Games to happen on time - French Olympic Committee chief
PARIS (Reuters) - French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) president Denis Masseglia said on Monday that the coronovirus pandemic needed to be beyond its peak by the end of May for the Tokyo Olympics to go ac...
Mar 16, 2020
Vanishing YouTube videos: Google expects AI errors as coronavirus empties offices
By Paresh Dave SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - YouTube could see a jump in videos erroneously taken down for content policy violations as the company relies more on automated software during the novel coron...
Mar 16, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. airports seek $10 billion in government assistance over travel demand collapse - sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U..S. airports are seeking $10 billion in U.S. government assistance to help offset losses incurred by the sharp drop in travel due to coronavirus, two people briefed on the mat...
Mar 16, 2020
Peru deploys military to slow coronavirus spread; Chile closes borders
By Marco Aquino, Daniela Desantis and Dave Sherwood LIMA/ASUNCION/SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Peru's government deployed masked military personnel to block major roads in Lima on Monday, while police restric...
Mar 16, 2020
