Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Nursing home deaths rise in Maryland with tests, protective gear scarce
By Makini Brice and Jane Ross WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retired firefighter Gary Holmberg was only supposed to be at the Pleasant View nursing home in Maryland for a little while, recovering from a fall ...
Apr 08, 2020
Australian businesses, households can withstand GDP contraction: RBA
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian businesses and households are well placed to face the "large contraction" in economic activity from the coronavirus crisis though it will test their financial resilience,...
Apr 08, 2020
Woods and caddie sued by spectator over alleged 2018 incident
(Reuters) - A Florida man has filed a lawsuit against Tiger Woods and his caddie Joe LaCava alleging he sustained injuries after LaCava shoved him when he tried to take a selfie with the golfer in the...
Apr 08, 2020
Mexican president lashes out at companies over layoffs, taxes as big business seethes
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president threw himself into a new confrontation with businesses on Wednesday, accusing big companies of not paying taxes and upbraiding others for laying off workers ...
Apr 08, 2020
Taiwan condemns 'groundless' accusations it attacked WHO chief
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned "groundless" accusations from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) that racist slurs against him had come from the island,...
Apr 08, 2020
Risk currencies buoyed by cautious hopes pandemic is peaking
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Risk-sensitive currencies climbed on Thursday on budding optimism the coronavirus pandemic may be peaking although the euro was dented by the European Union's failur...
Apr 08, 2020
Four people hit by COVID-19 at Exxon Baytown Texas complex: sources
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Four people working at Exxon Mobil Corp's Baytown, Texas, petrochemical complex have tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, said two...
Apr 08, 2020
Ex-U.S. Navy secretary's Guam trip to ridicule commander cost taxpayers $243,000: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly's controversial trip to Guam over the weekend where he ridiculed the commander of a coronavirus-stricken U.S. aircraft carrier cos...
Apr 08, 2020
Clinton sex scandal whistleblower Linda Tripp dies at age 70: reports
(Reuters) - Linda Tripp, the former U.S. civil servant whose secretly taped telephone conversations with a former White House intern documented the sex scandal that led to then-President Bill Clinton'...
Apr 08, 2020
Ecuador's Moreno calls for probe into handling of corpses in coronavirus outbreak
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno on Wednesday called for an investigation into how local authorities handled the bodies of coronavirus victims in Guayaquil, the epicenter of the cou...
Apr 08, 2020
