Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mexico’s registers 511,369 coronavirus cases, 55,908 deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Friday reported 5,618 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 615 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 511,369 cases and 55,90...
Aug 14, 2020
Trump orders ByteDance to divest interest in U.S. TikTok operations within 90 days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the Chinese company ByteDance to divest its interest in video-sharing app TikTok's operations in the United States within 90 days. ...
Aug 14, 2020
Exclusive: UPS, FedEx warn they cannot carry ballots like U.S. Postal Service
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - United Parcel Service and FedEx on Friday shot down social media calls that they step in to deliver mail-in ballots from the U.S. Postal Service, which is war...
Aug 14, 2020
U.S. vice president calls for Colombia’s Uribe to be released from house arrest
BOGOTA (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Friday called for former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe, who is under investigation for alleged witness tampering, to be released from house arre...
Aug 14, 2020
BoE’s Haldane says UK economy on path to rapid recovery: Daily Mail op-ed
(Reuters) - The UK economy is on course for a rapid recovery from the coronavirus crisis as strong consumer spending has helped recoup nearly half the losses caused by the pandemic, Bank Of England ch...
Aug 14, 2020
Hoge remains tied for lead in North Carolina
(Reuters) - Tom Hoge remained tied for the lead with three other players at the halfway point of the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Friday to keep his hopes of a maiden PGA Tou...
Aug 14, 2020
Southern California wildfire threatens thousands of homes
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Firefighters scrambled to protect thousands of homes from a wildfire racing through brush-covered mountains north of Los Angeles on Friday that caused hundreds of evacuations...
Aug 14, 2020
WTA roundup: Serena bounced from Top Seed Open
Serena Williams' run of third-set magic ran out Friday, as the top-seeded player at the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Ky., was bounced by Shelby Rogers in the quarterfinals, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5). After dro...
Aug 14, 2020
Rogers stuns Serena at Top Seed Open
(Reuters) - Shelby Rogers pulled off one of the biggest wins of her career when she toppled Serena Williams 1-6 6-4 7-6(5) in the quarter-finals of the Top Seed Open in Lexington on Friday. It looked ...
Aug 14, 2020
California encouraged by trends even as it passes 600,000 coronavirus cases, most in U.S.
By Bill Tarrant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California became the first U.S. state to surpass 600,000 cases of COVID-19 on Friday and the Midwest saw several record one-day rises as some states struggled ...
Aug 14, 2020
