Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Coronavirus more deadly than flu but containable: WHO's Tedros
GENEVA (Reuters) - About 3.4% of confirmed cases of COVID-19 have died, far above seasonal flu's fatality rate of under 1%, but the novel coronavirus can be contained, the head of the World Health Org...
Mar 03, 2020
GFL Environmental shares drop in U.S. market debut
(Reuters) - Shares of GFL Environmental Holdings Inc on Tuesday fell nearly 8% in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange, after the company raised about $1.43 billion in its initial public offerin...
Mar 03, 2020
U.S. joins False Claims Act lawsuit against Mallinckrodt
(Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Tuesday it filed a lawsuit accusing a unit of the drugmaker Mallinckrodt Plc of improperly avoiding the payment of hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid r...
Mar 03, 2020
ECB ready to support economy, but governments must help, Villeroy says
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is ready to support the economy in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, but governments with budget leeway also need to help, ECB policymaker Francois Vill...
Mar 03, 2020
Exclusive: Motor racing - F1 cannot race if a team is denied entry due to virus, says Brawn
By Alan Baldwin SILVERSTONE, England (Reuters) - Formula One could not hold a world championship race in a country that denies access to any team due to coronavirus restrictions, motorsport managing d...
Mar 03, 2020
Exclusive: EU fumes at Turk migration 'blackmail', mulls more money for Ankara
By Gabriela Baczynska and John Chalmers BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union ambassadors voiced outrage at a meeting this week over what they see as an attempt by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to "b...
Mar 03, 2020
German conservatives quarrel over stimulus package to counter coronavirus
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives are split over whether Germany should unleash a fiscal stimulus package now to counter any impact of the coronavirus on Europe's largest eco...
Mar 03, 2020
UK PM Johnson to discuss summit, strategy with climate change committee
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair the first meeting of his climate change committee on Wednesday to discuss priorities for the year, longer-term strategy and preparati...
Mar 03, 2020
China defense minister discusses coronavirus with U.S.
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe discussed the coronavirus situation in China with U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday in a telephone call, China's defense m...
Mar 03, 2020
Togo court confirms President Gnassingbe's landslide electoral victory
LOME (Reuters) - Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has won re-election with 71% of the vote, final results from the constitutional court showed on Tuesday, extending his 15-year rule and a family dyna...
Mar 03, 2020
