Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iran's coronavirus death toll rises to 16 as worries deepen
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - Two more people infected with the new coronavirus have died, taking the toll in Iran to 16, officials said on Tuesday, as Iranians worried that authorities could be ...
Feb 25, 2020
Trump says Sotomayor, Ginsburg should recuse themselves from cases involving him
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticised two liberal-leaning justices on the nation's top court, saying Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg should ...
Feb 25, 2020
Trump says he has received no election 'help' from another country
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that no country was trying to help him win the election, after a top intelligence official told lawmakers Russia was interfering in the 202...
Feb 25, 2020
Home Depot beats sales and profit estimates on housing market strength
(Reuters) - Home Depot Inc beat quarterly sales and profit estimates on Tuesday, boosted by a strong U.S. housing market and demand during the holiday season. Shares of the home improvement chain, con...
Feb 25, 2020
Brazil's Bolsonaro gets the Rio samba parade treatment
By Leonardo Benassatto and Sebastian Rocandio RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Top samba "schools" in Brazil's Carnival capital Rio de Janeiro paraded for a second night on Monday, peppering the annual sizz...
Feb 25, 2020
Canary Islands hotel on lockdown after coronavirus case
By Inti Landauro and Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - A four-star hotel in Spain's Canary Islands was put on lockdown on Tuesday, its guests barred from leaving, and staff at reception wore face masks a...
Feb 25, 2020
HSBC to end cycling sponsorship deal after 2020 Olympics
LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC will end its sponsorship of British cycling after the 2020 Olympics, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The British bank is only four years into a multi...
Feb 25, 2020
Scotland to approve free sanitary products for all women
LONDON (Reuters) - The Scottish parliament on Tuesday is due to approve plans to make sanitary products freely available to all women - the first nation in the world to do so. The legislation would ma...
Feb 25, 2020
EU Commission advises staff not to go to Lombardy over virus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has advised its staff not to travel to the northern Italian region of Lombardy over coronavirus concerns and told officials who went to the most affected a...
Feb 25, 2020
For Wells Fargo and former executives, $3 billion-deal with U.S. may not be the end
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Although Wells Fargo & Co settled major probes with federal agencies over abusive sales practices last week, the bank and its former executives are not out of ...
Feb 25, 2020
