Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bank of England tells insurers to check capital to cope with COVID
b'b\'By Huw Jones\\nLONDON (Reuters) - Britain\\\'s insurers should use findings from an emergency stress test in April to check if they can meet business interruption claims from the COVID-19 pandemi...
Jun 17, 2020
Republicans launch another pro-Biden Super PAC to help defeat Trump
b'b\'By Tim Reid\\nWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans who worked for U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush have formed a Super PAC to support Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in N...
Jun 17, 2020
Britain removes protection from Churchill statue for Macron visit
b'b\'LONDON (Reuters) - Workmen began removing protective hoarding around a statue of Britain\\\'s wartime leader Winston Churchill on Wednesday ahead of a visit from French President Emmanuel Macron,...
Jun 17, 2020
Portugal parliament approves amended budget for coronavirus crisis
b'b\'LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal\\\'s parliament approved in the first reading on Wednesday a supplementary budget that increases spending by 4.3 billion euros ($4.8 billion) to help the coronavirus-b...
Jun 17, 2020
Lithuania mints 'coin of hope' to remember year of pandemic
b'b\'VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania began minting a collector\\\'s coin, dubbed a "coin of hope", on Wednesday to mark the year of the new coronavirus and pay tribute to doctors, nurses and others who ...
Jun 17, 2020
Cocaine hotline: police bust elaborate Madrid drug ring
b'b\'MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police have dismantled an elaborate cocaine distribution ring in Madrid which had more than 2,000 customers, delivery time guarantees and a loyalty reward system, and a...
Jun 17, 2020
Requiring masks 'political hazard' as COVID-19 surges in California breadbasket
b'b\'By Sharon Bernstein\\nSTOCKTON, Calif. (Reuters) - The first wave of COVID-19 came slowly to San Joaquin County in the heart of California\\\'s breadbasket, but the much-feared second surge is ro...
Jun 17, 2020
Walmart's Mexico unit rolls out mobile phone service
b'b\'MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Walmart\\\'s Mexican unit has launched a mobile phone service available throughout the country, the retailer said on Wednesday.\\nCalled "Bodega Aurrera Internet y Telefon...
Jun 17, 2020
Bosnia's rival ethnic parties seal a deal on Mostar after a decade
b'b\'SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia\\\'s largest Croat and Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) parties agreed on Wednesday, under international mediation, on the way the southern town of Mostar should be governed, ...
Jun 17, 2020
Horse racing: Favourite Tiz the Law draws eighth post for Belmont
b'b\'By Amy Tennery\\nNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Belmont Stakes\\\'s 6-5 favourite Tiz the Law will break from the eighth post on Saturday, at the start of American horse racing\\\'s prized Triple Crown...
Jun 17, 2020
