Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Poor controls led U.S. prisons to buy whole cow hearts disguised as ground beef: watchdog
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Bureau of Prisons lacks policies to safeguard against serving potentially contaminated food to its inmates, a problem that led it to buy substandard p...
Mar 03, 2020
Lockdown: Not everyone unhappy about life in Italy's red zone
SAN FIORANO, Italy (Reuters) - Life in quarantine is wearing thin for many residents shut off from the outside world in towns at the heart of Italy's coronavirus outbreak, but not everyone is unhappy....
Mar 03, 2020
Jailed Catalan leader cannot temporarily serve as EU lawmaker, EU's top court says
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - A jailed Catalan separatist leader elected to the European Parliament while in detention cannot serve as an EU lawmaker or enjoy immunity while his case is heard by the European...
Mar 03, 2020
Mexico FX to stay on defensive with U.S. election campaign, coronavirus in focus: Reuters poll
By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Mexico's peso is seen vulnerable to further slumps with the U.S. election campaign in focus after ending the first quarter on a bad note due to fears over the...
Mar 03, 2020
Electric cars lack mainstream appeal, Peugeot CEO says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Electric cars are only bought by "green addicts" and lack broader appeal needed to reach mainstream consumers, Peugeot Chief Executive Carlos Tavares said on Tuesday. "When some ...
Mar 03, 2020
Trump, lawmakers near agreement on coronavirus emergency funding
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump on Wednesday were coalescing around emergency legislation to battle the spreading coronavirus with as much as $9 bi...
Mar 03, 2020
IMF deal would spark 'popular revolution' in Lebanon, Hezbollah believes
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah believes that terms required by any IMF bailout package for Lebanon would spark "a popular revolution", a senior official said on Tuesday, rejecting such a step and callin...
Mar 03, 2020
Italy considers creating new coronavirus red-zone as cases rise: official
ROME (Reuters) - Italy is considering setting up a new quarantine red-zone near the northern city of Bergamo given the high number of coronavirus cases in the area, the head of the national health ins...
Mar 03, 2020
Public will decide whether Constellation brewery opens in Mexico, president says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday his government would consult the public over whether U.S. company Constellation Brands Inc should open its new bre...
Mar 03, 2020
Russia's Sberbank partners with China's Huawei on cloud services
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Sberbank and Chinese technology giant Huawei said on Tuesday they had formed a strategic partnership to provide cloud services for Russian businesses, extending the reach of Russia'...
Mar 03, 2020
