Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Norway union to further expand oil strike from Oct. 10
By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's Lederne labour union will expand its ongoing oil strike from Oct. 10 unless a wage bargain can be reached in the meantime, it said on Tuesday, confirming...
Oct 06, 2020
U.S. power use to drop over 2% in 2020 due coronavirus – EIA
(Reuters) - U.S. electricity consumption will decline 2.3% this year as coronavirus lockdowns cause businesses to close, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Tuesday in its Short Term En...
Oct 06, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan to visit Qatar, Kuwait on Wednesday
CAIRO (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Qatar and Kuwait on Wednesday, his office said. He will meet Qatar's ruler, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. In Kuwait, he is due to ...
Oct 06, 2020
Mexico to make COVID-19 vaccine payments this week, finance minister says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's government on Friday will formalize the first contracts to acquire a COVID-19 vaccine and make an initial payment, Finance Minister Arturo Herrera said in a presentati...
Oct 06, 2020
French new COVID-19 cases remain above 10,000 a day
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported 10,489 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Tuesday, well below a daily high near 17,000 reported on Saturday but remaining above the 10,000 level first seen mid-Septem...
Oct 06, 2020
Tesla in talks with BHP over nickel supply pact – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc is in talks with BHP Group about a nickel supply deal as the electric-car maker targets higher production and seeks to avoid a supply crunch, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, ...
Oct 06, 2020
Homeland Security steps up warnings about 2020 U.S. election security
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday stepped up warnings about foreign threats to U.S. election security, affirming other agencies' concer...
Oct 06, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 209,560 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday reported 7,436,278 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 39,548 from its previous count, and said that the numbe...
Oct 06, 2020
Michigan governor signs bill giving state clerks more time to count absentee ballots
DETROIT (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed into law a bill that gives clerks in larger cities of the battleground state an extra 10 hours to open and sort, but not count,...
Oct 06, 2020
Party city Berlin slaps corona curfew on bars, restaurants
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's capital decided on Tuesday to impose a late-night curfew on restaurants and bars to contain surging numbers of new coronavirus cases in Berlin. City mayor Michael Mueller,...
Oct 06, 2020
