Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canada oil sands work camp says coronavirus case possible, not positive
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - A northern Alberta work camp near Canada's oil sands said on Monday that it is awaiting test results to determine whether a worker who was sick last week was indeed stri...
Mar 23, 2020
Tunisia orders army into streets to enforce coronavirus lockdown
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Monday ordered the army to deploy in the streets to force people to respect a lockdown imposed to halt the spread of coronavirus, the office of the ...
Mar 23, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court lets states bar insanity defense
By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday limited the rights of criminal defendants, declaring that states can bar them from using the so-called insanity defense in a ruling involving a Kansas ...
Mar 23, 2020
Uber CEO seeks help for workers in U.S. coronavirus stimulus
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi on Monday sought U.S. government's support for its independent drivers and delivery workers in the coronavirus stimulus pack...
Mar 23, 2020
In coronavirus lockdown, Gulf residents urge end to voice-call bans
By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) - Residents in the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf states are urging telecom firms to further ease restrictions on free internet calls as coronavirus separates f...
Mar 23, 2020
Corona-hit Denmark extends lockdown until April 13
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark will extend until April 13 a nationwide lockdown that has closed schools and restaurants and kept most public sector workers at home in an effort to curb the spread of c...
Mar 23, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court maroons filmmaker in Blackbeard video piracy fight
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a legal broadside to a filmmaker who documented the recovery of notorious English pirate Blackbeard's wrecked ship, refusing to revive his video ...
Mar 23, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court tosses ruling that revived comedian's racial bias suit against Comcast
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court's ruling that had given the green light to comedian-turned-media entrepreneur Byron Allen's $20 billion racial bias lawsuit against...
Mar 23, 2020
EU competition chiefs allow suppliers to coordinate to combat coronavirus
LONDON (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators gave the green light on Monday for suppliers to coordinate distribution of scarce products to cope with the coronavirus outbreak without fear of breaching ca...
Mar 23, 2020
Mozambique army, Islamist insurgents battle in town close to gas projects: police
MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique's army is battling Islamist insurgents in a town in the country's north, close to billion-dollar gas projects being developed by Exxon Mobil and Total, police said. The G...
Mar 23, 2020
