Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. rejects most Spirit, JetBlue requests to halt additional flights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department said on Thursday it had rejected most requests by Jetblue Airways Corp and Spirit Airlines to halt additional flights in the wake of the pande...
Apr 16, 2020
Americans are spending coronavirus checks on rent and groceries
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - When Jessica Rosner saw the $1,200 coronavirus relief payment from the U.S. government was deposited into her bank account Wednesday morning, the furloughed behavioral th...
Apr 16, 2020
G7 seeks WHO review and reform, commits to coordinated virus response: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders from the G7 group of industrialized nations on Thursday called for a review and reform process at the World Health Organization and agreed to ensure a coordinated global...
Apr 16, 2020
U.S. Fed buys $59.4 billion of mortgage bonds, sells $1 bln
NEW YORK, April 16 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve bought $59.403 billion of agency mortgage-backed securities in the week from Apr. 9 to Apr. 15, compared with $109.352 billion purchased the previous...
Apr 16, 2020
Formula E extends series suspension, Berlin race postponed
LONDON (Reuters) - The all-electric Formula E motor racing series postponed a race in Berlin and extended the suspension of its season until at least the end of June on Thursday due to the new coronav...
Apr 16, 2020
Kuwait to operate 75 flights for evacuating citizens abroad: state news agency
CAIRO (Reuters) - Kuwait announced on Thursday that its civil aviation directorate general will operate 75 flights in the next phase for evacuating citizens abroad who face the spread of the coronavir...
Apr 16, 2020
In a French nursing home, universal testing to beat the coronavirus
KAYSERBERG, France (Reuters) - In a nursing home near Colmar in eastern France, the region hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak, laboratory staff clad in full protective gear conducted blood tests ...
Apr 16, 2020
UK delays consultation on reform to flawed inflation measure
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government will delay until August a consultation to decide when it should fix a flawed measure of inflation, the retail price index, finance minister Rishi Sunak said in ...
Apr 16, 2020
U.S. officials run into dead ends in rush to find masks amid pandemic
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The office of U.S. congressman Adam Kinzinger reached out to the White House last month with an urgent request: a business in his district in Illinois had located ...
Apr 16, 2020
Air traffic in Latin America falls 91% due to the coronavirus outbreak
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Air traffic in Latin America in April has fallen 91% compared to a year earlier due to the coronavirus outbreak that fully grounded two of the region's largest airlines and cance...
Apr 16, 2020
