Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Uber to lay off 3,000 workers in second cut this month
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc will cut about 3,000 jobs, in addition to the 3,700 it had announced earlier this month, as coronavirus-led restrictions sap demand for ride-hailing services, Chief E...
May 18, 2020
U.S. assails WHO 'failure' in pandemic, saying it cost 'many lives'
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday that the pandemic had "spun out of control" in great part due to a costly "failure" by the World Health Organization, and called for a more effectiv...
May 18, 2020
Where U.S. coronavirus cases are on the rise
By Chris Canipe and Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - Most U.S. states reported a drop in new cases of COVID-19 for the week ended May 17, with only 13 states seeing a rise in infections compared to the previ...
May 18, 2020
Moldova accuses tycoon of involvement in $1 billion fraud
CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova's Prosecutor General said on Monday that one of the country's richest people, Vladimir Plahotniuc, had been charged with involvement in the theft of $1 billion from Moldov...
May 18, 2020
Amazon's French warehouses to resume work with 30% of staff on Tuesday: unions
PARIS (Reuters) - Amazon's French warehouses are set to re-open on Tuesday with about 30% of employees, three union officials said, following an agreement with staff representatives last week. The e-c...
May 18, 2020
Lockdown story time: Roald Dahl with Streep, Cumberbatch and more
LONDON (Reuters) - Stuck at home with the kids? Meryl Streep, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Cate Blanchett may be able to help. Oscar-winning New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi has lined up some of his H...
May 18, 2020
France, Germany want $543 billion Recovery Fund, joint EU debt
PARIS (Reuters) - France and Germany called on Monday for the creation of a 500 billion euro ($543 billion) Recovery Fund able to offer grants to the countries and regions hardest hit by the coronavir...
May 18, 2020
Spain reports 59 coronavirus deaths overnight, lowest in two months
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's overnight death toll from the coronavirus was 59 on Monday, the lowest figure in two months, the government said. The cumulative death toll rose to 27,709, while the number ...
May 18, 2020
U.S. states press on with reopenings, markets boosted by virus vaccine potential
By Maria Caspani and Rajesh Kumar Singh (Reuters) - Nearly all 50 U.S. states were at some stage of reopening on Monday as authorities eased restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the new coron...
May 18, 2020
U.S. House panel leader links State Dept. inspector general firing to Saudi arms sale
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday the State Department inspector general may have been fired becaus...
May 18, 2020
