Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Developing world needs $1 trillion debt write-off: U.N. agency
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Around $1 trillion of debt owed by developing countries should be cancelled under a global deal to help them overcome the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United...
Apr 23, 2020
Czechs pack test centres in large coronavirus antibody study
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czechs flocked to screening centres on Thursday in a project to test 27,000 people for coronavirus antibodies to gauge how far the infection has spread and help decide how rapidly t...
Apr 23, 2020
U.S. Treasury says will be hard for public companies to qualify for coronavirus relief loans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A highly-valued public company will have a hard time getting a coronavirus relief loan, the U.S. Treasury on Thursday said, just as Congress was poised to approve a new round of...
Apr 23, 2020
Some Americans going back to work, even as virus erases more jobs
By Ann Saphir and Susan Heavey (Reuters) - Some workers in Georgia and other U.S. states prepared to go back to work for the first time in a month, as data released on Thursday showing soaring unemplo...
Apr 23, 2020
'Don't give up', French virus survivor tells others fighting disease
By Clotaire Achi and Benoit Tessier STAINS, France (Reuters) - On April 5, 61-year-old Mang Phother felt his breathing getting worse and worse. Two days later he was rushed to a hospital in Paris' nor...
Apr 23, 2020
UND hockey announces full 2020-21 schedule
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) – The University of North Dakota unveiled its complete 2020-21 schedule, a slate that includes trips to Nashville, Tenn., and New York in the non-conference por...
Apr 23, 2020
ECB warns EU leaders of doing too little, too late about coronavirus effects
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde warned European Union leaders on Thursday about the risk of doing too little and too late to shield the economy from the ef...
Apr 23, 2020
Virtual Kentucky Derby to decide greatest Triple Crown winner
(Reuters) - From Sir Barton in 1919 to Justify in 2018 there have been just 13 winners of North America's Triple Crown, which is made up of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. And all 13...
Apr 23, 2020
Bezos, Musk among billionaires gaining net worth in pandemic: report
(Reuters) - The combined wealth of America's billionaires, including Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos and Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk, increased nearly 10% during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, accordi...
Apr 23, 2020
ECB's Lagarde tells EU leaders: coronavirus can cut 15% of output: source
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Central Bank Governor Christine Lagarde told EU leaders on Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic could cut up to 15% of their economic output, a diplomatic source said. ...
Apr 23, 2020
