Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EY sends around 3,000 Madrid workers home after coronavirus case confirmed
MADRID (Reuters) - Accounting and consulting firm EY on Thursday sent around 3,000 employees from its offices in Madrid home after a case of coronavirus was confirmed among its staff, a company spokes...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2020
Democratic U.S. Senator Schumer expresses regret for Supreme Court comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chuck Schumer, the top U.S. Senate Democrat, expressed regret on Thursday for remarks he made a day earlier that two Supreme Court justices appointed by President Donald Trump w...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2020
Elizabeth Warren suspends 2020 Democratic White House bid: New York Times, citing sources
By Amanda Becker and Joseph Ax (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, the liberal firebrand who emerged as a top Democratic contender for the White House on the strength of an anti-corruption plat...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2020
3M taps regional suppliers to meet soaring demand for masks
By Karl Plume MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (Reuters) - Diversified manufacturer 3M Co has avoided major supply chain disruptions from the coronavirus outbreak by sourcing materials for its protective face masks f...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2020
Slovak former president's party to enter coalition talks
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia's centrist Za Ludi party will enter coalition talks with the election winner and two other center-right parties, Za Ludi chief and ex-president Andrej Kiska said on Thu...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2020
Nine killed in Gaza as bakery fire spreads through packed market
GAZA (Reuters) - At least nine people were killed and 60 injured on Thursday when a bakery fire spread through a crowded market in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, health officials said. Four childre...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2020
Pompeo says violence in Afghanistan must stop for peace process to move forward
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday the upsurge in violence in Afghanistan in recent days is unacceptable and said it must cease immediately for the peace proce...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2020
Coronavirus and protests wreck Iraq's pilgrimage industry
By Ulf Laessing NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi hotel manager Badr al-Jilawi needs to think for a moment to remember when the last guest checked in to visit the holy Shi'ite Muslim city of Najaf, once a...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2020
Factbox: Sports events hit by the coronavirus epidemic
(Reuters) - Here is a list of international sports events hit by the outbreak of a coronavirus: OLYMPICS ** Crowds will be smaller and receptions have been scrapped at the Tokyo 2020 torch-lighting ce...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2020
USTR sets out conditions for boosting trade, investment with Bangladesh
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday said it aims to expand trade and investment with Bangladesh, but said the world's second-largest exporter of ready-made garments...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2020
