Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Special Report: Plastic pandemic – COVID-19 trashed the recycling dream
By Joe Brock (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a rush for plastic. From Wuhan to New York, demand for face shields, gloves, takeaway food containers and bubble wrap for online shopping ...
Oct 05, 2020
Strange bedfellows: Laredo’s millionaires, nuns and muralists battle border wall
By Laura Gottesdiener LAREDO, Texas - Former U.S. Border Patrol agent Daniel Perales spent hours over the years crouched at the mouth of the Zacata Creek, a tributary of the Rio Grande, listening for ...
Oct 05, 2020
Wall Street’s regulatory gains set to stand even under Biden
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A victory for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Nov. 3 would spell the end of the party for the banking industry which has enjoye...
Oct 05, 2020
Wall Street gains on stimulus hopes, hints of Trump hospital discharge
(Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Monday as doctors said President Donald Trump could be discharged from the hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19, while hopes of a new...
Oct 05, 2020
Turkish F1 GP to be held without fans due to COVID-19
ANKARA (Reuters) - Formula One's Turkish Grand Prix next month will be held without spectators due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Istanbul governor's office said on Monday, as the event returns to I...
Oct 05, 2020
Kvitova reaches first French Open quarter-final for eight years
PARIS (Reuters) - Czech left-hander Petra Kvitova reached the French Open quarter-finals for the first time in eight years as she overpowered China's Zhang Shuai 6-2 6-4 on Monday. On yet another chil...
Oct 05, 2020
UK Court of Appeal overturns judgment in Venezuela gold case: lawyers
LONDON (Reuters) - A tug-of-war over $1 billion worth of Venezuelan gold stored at the Bank of England took a fresh twist on Monday as the English Court of Appeal overturned an earlier High Court ruli...
Oct 05, 2020
Top Israeli rabbis, and U.S. envoy, pray for Trump recovery
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's top rabbis prayed for U.S. President Donald Trump to recover from COVID-19 on Monday, invoking his name in a Jewish holiday ceremony at Jerusalem's Western Wall. Support...
Oct 05, 2020
Kremlin says not aware of any plans to impose new lockdown as cases climb
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that it was not aware of any current government plans to impose a strict lockdown in Russia to curb the sharp rise in coronavirus cases. Russia's daily ta...
Oct 05, 2020
Canada M&A emerges from pandemic lows in third quarter; activity seen picking up
By Madhvi Pokhriyal and Noor Zainab Hussain (Reuters) - Canadian mergers and acquisitions are set to increase following a modest third-quarter recovery from multi-year lows, as market stability and ac...
Oct 05, 2020
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