Author Archives: Syndicated Content
New Zealand opens bars as more curbs eased, four-day work week idea floated
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Bars and pubs opened in New Zealand for the first time in months on Thursday, as restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus were eased further and the government looked...
May 20, 2020
IMF approves $396 million loan to Jordan to ease COVID-19 impact
AMMAN (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved a $396 million loan to Jordan to address pressing financing needs after the country's economy was hit hard by the coronavirus. J...
May 20, 2020
Top Tokyo prosecutor set to resign, public broadcaster NHK says, citing source
TOKYO (Reuters) - The top Tokyo prosecutor is set to resign, public broadcaster NHK said on Thursday, in what is likely to be seen as a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Hiromu Kurokawa, the chief of...
May 20, 2020
Pelosi quips that Trump has 'doggy doo on his shoes' in ongoing spat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nancy Pelosi, the top elected U.S. Democrat, compared President Donald Trump on Wednesday to a child "with doggy doo on his shoes," as the spat between the two leaders escalated...
May 20, 2020
France considers holding final round of local elections at end of June
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is considering holding the final round of mayoral elections at the end of June or redoing the elections completely in January 2021, Prime Minister Edouard Phili...
May 20, 2020
Global coronavirus cases surpass 5 million, infections rising in South America
By Lisa Shumaker and Cate Cadell (Reuters) - Global coronavirus cases surpassed 5 million on Wednesday, with Latin America overtaking the United States and Europe in the past week to report the larges...
May 20, 2020
Brazil registers 888 new coronavirus deaths, record of nearly 20,000 new cases
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 888 new coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, with a record of nearly 20,000 new cases, taking the total to 291,579, the Health Ministry said. (Reporting by Ped...
May 20, 2020
Mastercard will not send staff back to offices without coronavirus vaccine: executive
By Noor Zainab Hussain (Reuters) - Mastercard Inc will not ask staff to return to its worldwide corporate offices until a vaccine is available for the sometimes fatal coronavirus that has infected the...
May 20, 2020
Brazil has plenty of room to sell more FX reserves: central bank chief
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank has plenty of room to sell foreign exchange reserves and may increase its currency market intervention if it deems it necessary, bank president Roberto Campo...
May 20, 2020
U.S. government to demolish buildings at contaminated California nuclear test site
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Wednesday it would tear down 10 buildings at the U.S. government's former Santa Susana Field Laboratory northwest of Los Angele...
May 20, 2020
