Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ivory Coast presidential candidate Soro sentenced to 20 years in prison
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Guillaume Soro, a candidate for president in Ivory Coast and former rebel leader, was convicted in absentia on Tuesday of embezzlement and sentenced to 20 years in prison, the judg...
Apr 28, 2020
MLB teams adjusting as pandemic affects draft preparation
By: Noah Trister The Detroit Tigers can feel certain about one thing: They have the No. 1 pick in the draft. What that Major League Baseball draft will look like, when and where it will take place and...
Apr 28, 2020
Oil majors, governments haggle over sharing pain of deepest cuts yet
By Olga Yagova, Alla Afanasyeva and Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - From Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan to Nigeria and Angola, oil majors are haggling with national governments over how to shar...
Apr 28, 2020
Austrian picture-postcard village, once swamped, awaits tourists' return
By Leonhard Foeger HALLSTATT, Austria (Reuters) - A tiny Austrian lakeside village so picturesque it had to limit throngs of tourists is now longing for visitors to return to its empty lanes. Hallstat...
Apr 28, 2020
Most Americans to avoid sports, other live events before coronavirus vaccine: Reuters/Ipsos
By Rory Carroll Fewer than half of Americans plan to go to sports events, concerts, movies and amusement parks when they reopen to the public until there is a proven coronavirus vaccine, according to ...
Apr 28, 2020
U.S. consumer confidence plunges in April: Conference Board
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence tumbled in April as measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus sharply disrupted economic activity and threw millions of Americans out of work...
Apr 28, 2020
Bomb blast in Syria's Afrin kills at least 10: Turkish state media
ANKARA (Reuters) - A bomb detonated on an oil tanker in the northern Syrian city of Afrin and killed at least 10 people according to initial reports, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency reported on...
Apr 28, 2020
U.S. business group urges coordinated coronavirus reopening response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday called for a coordinated effort to reopen amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, but urged against any federal, state or local public healt...
Apr 28, 2020
Merkel says climate protection must not drop off budget agenda
BERLIN (Reuters) - Governments must not let climate protection slip down the agenda when holding budget discussions and considering stimulus packages, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday. ...
Apr 28, 2020
Portugal to lift coronavirus state of emergency from May 3
By Catarina Demony and Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's lockdown, which shut most non-essential services last month to contain the spread of the coronavirus, will be lifted gradually fro...
Apr 28, 2020
