Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tesla applies to become UK electricity provider: The Telegraph
(Reuters) - U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Inc has applied for a licence to supply electricity in the United Kingdom, The Telegraph reported on Saturday. The purpose of the licence from the energy regul...
May 02, 2020
Biden backs U.S. women's team after lawsuit setback
(Reuters) - Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Saturday voiced his support for the U.S. women's soccer team, a day after it suffered a setback in its gender discrimination lawsui...
May 02, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 1,092,815 coronavirus cases, 64,283 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported there were 1,092,815 cases of the new coronavirus as of Friday, an increase of 30,369 from a day earlier, and said the nu...
May 02, 2020
Yemen reports three new coronavirus cases
CAIRO (Reuters) - Yemen has reported three new coronavirus cases, two in Aden and one in Taiz province, the national emergency coronavirus committee said on Saturday, raising the number of diagnosed i...
May 02, 2020
Weightlifting: 'The Mountain' Bjornsson deadlifts 501 kg to set world record
(Reuters) - Icelandic actor and strongman Hafthor Bjornsson set a world record for the deadlift on Saturday when he lifted 1,104 pounds (501 kg) at Thor's Power Gym in Iceland. Bjornsson, best known f...
May 02, 2020
Dozens of Rohingya from stranded boat land in southern Bangladesh: official says
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Dozens of Rohingya believed to be from one of several boats stuck at sea landed on the coast of southern Bangladesh on Saturday, an official said, as concerns grew over ...
May 02, 2020
Indonesia's Tokopedia probes alleged data leak of 15 million users
By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Tokopedia, Indonesia's largest e-commerce platform, said on Saturday it was investigating claims that the details of millions of its users had been leaked online ...
May 02, 2020
Saudi to take 'strict, painful' measures to deal with coronavirus impact
By Samar Hassan CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will take strict and painful measures to deal with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, finance minister Mohammed al-Jadaan said in an interv...
May 02, 2020
New York's Cuomo warns against 'blindly' reopening states
By Peter Szekely and Brad Brooks NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday pushed back against what he called premature demands that he reopen the state, saying he knew people we...
May 02, 2020
Majority of EU states back suspension of air travel refunds, France says
PARIS (Reuters) - Germany, Italy and Spain have joined a call by 12 European Union governments for the EU's executive body to suspend rules forcing crisis-hit airlines to offer full cash refunds for c...
May 02, 2020
