Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Trump threatens to block aid for U.S. post office if it does not raise prices for Amazon
By Diane Bartz and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to block federal aid for the U.S. Postal Service unless it raises shipping rates for online companies l...
Apr 24, 2020
X Games cancels stop in Minneapolis due to virus
A Summer X Games stop in Minneapolis scheduled for July has been canceled due to the coronavirus. Earlier, the X Games postponed a winter event stop in Chongli, China, scheduled for February and cance...
Apr 24, 2020
KLM to receive up to 4 billion euros in financial aid: finance minister
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - KLM, the Dutch subsidiary of Air France KLM , will receive 2-4 billion euros (up to $4.32 billion) in emergency aid to help it through the COVID-19 crisis, Dutch Finance Minister...
Apr 24, 2020
Coronavirus and COVID-19: Fact versus fiction
By Kate Kelland and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's musings about whether disinfectants and ultraviolet light can be inserted into patients' bodies to treat COVID-19 have a...
Apr 24, 2020
In coronavirus pandemic, do your part by staying healthy. Here's what doctors recommend
(Reuters) - Americans can avoid burdening an already stressed healthcare system by staying healthy, and experts said some simple practices help during the novel coronavirus pandemic. For people isolat...
Apr 24, 2020
Pandemic could fuel demand for 'diaspora bonds', says World Bank
By Andrea Shalal and Tom Arnold WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic and its devastating economic impact on developing countries could fuel fresh interest in so-called diaspora bonds...
Apr 24, 2020
Quadriplegic ex rugby player raises money by climbing 'Everest' up stairs
BATH, England (Reuters) - Quadriplegic former professional rugby player Ed Jackson has scaled the height of Mount Everest by hauling himself up and down the stairs of his parents' house and raised mor...
Apr 24, 2020
Lufthansa seeking 290 million euro loan for Belgian airline: media
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German airline Lufthansa is seeking a loan of 290 million euros ($313.08 million) loan from the Belgian government to avoid the bankruptcy of its Belgian subsidiary Brussels Airli...
Apr 24, 2020
Scaramucci's SkyBridge hit with heavy redemption requests as fund fell: letter
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Investors in SkyBridge Capital asked for hundreds of millions of dollars back after the fund suffered a 23% loss in March when investments made by its debt-fo...
Apr 24, 2020
Polish health minister says presidential vote in two years would be safest
By Agnieszka Barteczko WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's health minister on Friday urged a delay of the presidential election scheduled for May 10, saying postponing it by two years would be the safest opti...
Apr 24, 2020
