Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Algeria suspends economic, cultural, political gatherings over coronavirus
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria has suspended economic, cultural and political gatherings to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Health Minister Abderrahmane Benbouzid said on Tuesday. The sports ministry...
Mar 10, 2020
U.S. lawmaker cites conflicts in Fifth Third phony accounts probe
By Katanga Johnson and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Democratic senator on Tuesday raised concerns that a federal regulator probing allegations that Fifth Third Bancorp employees crea...
Mar 10, 2020
Figure skating: ISU enacts coronavirus measures for world championships
(Reuters) - The International Skating Union on Tuesday announced strict requirements, including temperature checks, for attending next week's world figure skating championships in Montreal amid the co...
Mar 10, 2020
Can't pay, won't pay: What now for Lebanon's debt crisis?
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Lebanon has bowed to the inevitable and said it won't be honoring a $1.2 billion bond payment that was due on Monday. It will be its first default, but what options do...
Mar 10, 2020
Chilean court awards damages to father of murdered U.S. student over bungled probe
By Aislinn Laing and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's Supreme Court on Tuesday awarded the father of a young U.S. psychologist who was beaten to death in southern Chile $240,000 in compensa...
Mar 10, 2020
Closely watched opioid trial in New York postponed due to coronavirus
(Reuters) - A highly anticipated trial pitting New York state against McKesson Corp, Johnson & Johnson, CVS Health Corp and others for allegedly fueling the opioid epidemic has been postponed due to t...
Mar 10, 2020
After U.S., Taliban deal, Clinton warns Afghan peace push must include government, women
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Tuesday that a U.S.-led push to end the 18-year war in Afghanistan needed to include the country...
Mar 10, 2020
Ten more coronavirus cases in Ireland bring total to 34
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ireland rose to 34 on Tuesday from 24 a day earlier, Ireland's health department said in a statement, bringing the total number of cases on the isl...
Mar 10, 2020
Factbox: Big banks predict Fed could take interest rates to zero
(Reuters) - A brutal global equities sell-off on Monday, sparked by a plunge in oil prices, has raised expectations of further policy easing by some of the world's most influential central banks to sh...
Mar 10, 2020
UK plans big boost to public investment to help growth: Sunak
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will triple its average net public investment of the past 40 years by the end of the current parliament in order to boost economic growth, finance minister Rishi Sunak said ...
Mar 10, 2020
