Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. needs funding to protect Americans from coronavirus: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States needs funds to finance a response to the coronavirus, a White House spokesman said on Monday, without directly confirming reports the administration was prepar...
Feb 24, 2020
White House to seek more money to combat coronavirus: reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is readying a request for emergency funding from U.S. lawmakers to help boost the nation's response to the fast-spreading new coronavirus, Politico and the Washi...
Feb 24, 2020
'Too early; to speak of pandemic, WHO says virus can be contained
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that the novel coronavirus outbreak was not out of control globally nor causing large-scale deaths and it was "too early" to speak...
Feb 24, 2020
Spain's banks brace for usury ruling on 'snowball' credit cards
By Jess Aguado MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's banks are on edge for an upcoming Supreme Court ruling that will decide at what point the interest charged on credit card borrowing is so high it could be cla...
Feb 24, 2020
Colorado State K Camper arrested for suspicion of DUI
Colorado State kicker Cayden Camper was arrested for suspicion of drunken driving or driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs. According to The Coloradoan, Fort Collins police stopped the 19-year-ol...
Feb 24, 2020
Coronavirus set to deal heavy blow to Italy's ailing economy
By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italy's economy, which was already contracting at the end of last year, looks sure to be thrown into yet another recession by a sudden outbreak of coronavirus that has ...
Feb 24, 2020
Bulgaria reports two new bird flu outbreaks
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's food safety agency authorities reported on Monday two new outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu in the southern part of the Balkan country. One of the new outbr...
Feb 24, 2020
Katherine Johnson, 'Hidden Figures' mathematician on early U.S. space missions, dead at 101
(Reuters) - Katherine Johnson, a black mathematician whose little-known flight path calculations for NASA's early space missions were brought to light in the 2016 film "Hidden Figures," died on Monday...
Feb 24, 2020
France looking at options to support Lebanon, including an IMF program: Le Maire
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - France is looking at options to support Lebanon recover from its financial crisis, including through an International Monetary Fund program if Beirut seeks one, French Finance Mi...
Feb 24, 2020
Sanofi to create active pharmaceutical ingredients business
PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi said on Monday it intended to create a standalone company dedicated to the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) consist of ...
Feb 24, 2020
