Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Airbus warns it may sue airlines over undelivered jets: paper
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus is ready to sue airlines that refuse to honour contracts to take aircraft, its chief executive was quoted on Friday as saying, raising the stakes in a stand-off ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 05, 2020
Volkswagen resumes deliveries of its Golf 8 after software glitch
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen on Friday said it had resumed deliveries of its newest Golf model after voluntarily halting sales in mid-May. Volkswagen stopped sales after the carmaker discovered th...
Thomson Reuters Jun 05, 2020
Trump suggests governors call in National Guard to 'dominate the streets'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he had suggested to some governors to call in the National Guard in the face of mostly peaceful nationwide protests sparked by the dea...
Thomson Reuters Jun 05, 2020
Whitmer to allow haircuts in Michigan in latest step to open economy
DETROIT (Reuters) - Hair salons and barbers in Michigan will be allowed to resume business on June 15, Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on Friday, the latest step to reopen the state's economy shut for ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 05, 2020
Trump says he views U.S.-China trade deal differently amid coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he views the Phase 1 trade deal inked between the United States and China differently in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. "I gues...
Thomson Reuters Jun 05, 2020
Jordan reopens mosques for socially distanced prayers
AMMAN (Reuters) - Mosques in Jordan opened for communal prayers for the first time in over two months on Friday, with thousands of police deployed to enforce strict social distancing rules at the usua...
Thomson Reuters Jun 05, 2020
UK's death toll from confirmed COVID-19 cases tops 40,000
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom's death toll from confirmed cases of COVID-19 has exceeded 40,000, according to government data published on Friday. In all, 40,261 people had died following posi...
Thomson Reuters Jun 05, 2020
Brazil's Bolsonaro 'failed' on coronavirus, says climate activist Greta Thunberg
By Jake Spring and Stephen Eisenhammer BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has failed in managing the coronavirus crisis, teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg said on ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 05, 2020
Iraq records over 1,000 coronavirus cases for first time: ministry
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq recorded more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time on Friday, with its total approaching 10,000 confirmed cases, the health ministry said. At le...
Thomson Reuters Jun 05, 2020
Ireland speeds up cautious reopening of economy
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is to accelerate the cautious reopening of its economy, with the final phase of easing restrictions to begin three weeks earlier than planned, acting prime minister Leo Vara...
Thomson Reuters Jun 05, 2020
