Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Greece rolls out more restrictions to fight rising COVID infections
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece set a temporary 50-person limit on public gatherings on Friday and said restaurants and bars in Athens and other areas must close by midnight, as the country seeks to contain...
Aug 14, 2020
U.S. judge rejects GM bid to reopen racketeering case against Fiat Chrysler
(Reuters) - A federal judge in Detroit on Friday rejected a bid by General Motors Co to reinstate a racketeering lawsuit against its smaller rival Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA). U.S. District Jud...
Aug 14, 2020
U.S., Canada set to extend ban on non-essential travel: sources
By David Shepardson and David Ljunggren WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) - The United States and Canada are set to approve another extension to a ban on non-essential travel as several major states struggl...
Aug 14, 2020
Hopes for fresh round of U.S. coronavirus relief fade as Congress goes home
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The prospects for a deal in the U.S. Congress to help Americans suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic dimmed on Friday, with the Senate and House of Represen...
Aug 14, 2020
Italian Open brought forward as ATP revises 2020 calendar
(Reuters) - Next month's Italian Open in Rome will be held a week earlier than scheduled following the cancellation of the Madrid Open due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the governing body of men's tennis ...
Aug 14, 2020
New Jersey to give voters in-person, mail-in option in November election, governor says
(Reuters) - New Jersey voters will have the choice in the November election of using ballots mailed to their homes or going to their local polling places, just as they did during last month's primary ...
Aug 14, 2020
South Sudan death toll in disarmament fighting rises, UN sends peacekeepers
By Denis Dumo JUBA (Reuters) - The death toll in South Sudan's Warrap State has risen to 148 following fighting this past weekend during a disarmament exercise, a local government official said on Fri...
Aug 14, 2020
Thai king commutes death sentence for Myanmar men in British tourist murder case
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Two migrant workers from Myanmar on death row in Thailand for the 2014 murder of two British backpackers had their sentences commuted to life in prison on Friday thanks to a royal ...
Aug 14, 2020
Keeps out rain and COVID-19, Seoul tries smart bus shelter to fight virus
By Minwoo Park SEOUL (Reuters) - Designed to combat summer heat, monsoon rain and the coronavirus, the smart bus shelter has arrived on the streets of the South Korean capital. The glass cube "Smart S...
Aug 14, 2020
UK COVID-19 ‘R’ number unchanged at 0.8-1.0, growth rate -1% to -4%
LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 reproduction number for Britain as a whole remained at 0.8-1.0 and the rate of growth was also broadly unchanged at -1% to -4%, the government said on Friday, although ...
Aug 14, 2020
