Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Cycling: UCI cancels Road World Championships in Switzerland due to COVID-19
(Reuters) - Next month's Road World Championships in Aigle-Martigny in Switzerland has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cycling's governing body UCI announced on Wednesday. The championshi...
Aug 12, 2020
Mauritius tourism, reeling from COVID, now hit by oil spill
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tourist operators in Mauritius fear that an oil spill from a Japanese ship will further damage their businesses, already reeling from the coronavirus epidemic, and could cost jobs ...
Aug 12, 2020
Russia says medics to get anti-COVID shots in two weeks, some Russians wary
By Lev Sergeev and Peter Scott MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday the first batch of the world's first COVID-19 vaccine would be rolled out within two weeks and rejected as "groundless" safet...
Aug 12, 2020
Fed’s Rosengren says now is the time to take strong fiscal actions
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Strong fiscal support is needed for the U.S. economy to rebound, but those policies must be paired with efforts to contain the virus, Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengr...
Aug 12, 2020
UK reports 1,009 new confirmed cases of COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - A total of 1,009 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, taking the cumulative number of cases in the country to 313,798, government data showed. Th...
Aug 12, 2020
Russia federation says it has paid multi-million-dollar doping fine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's suspended athletics federation said on Wednesday it had paid a multi-million-dollar fine to World Athletics in a move that could help it avoid expulsion by the sport's glob...
Aug 12, 2020
White House to unveil new anti-coronavirus steps for reopening schools, aide says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration will unveil eight new measures on Wednesday for schools to follow as they reopen to increase protection against the coronavirus pandemic, White House ad...
Aug 12, 2020
Economic clout makes China tougher challenge for U.S. than Soviet Union was – Pompeo
By Robert Muller PRAGUE (Reuters) - China's global economic power makes the communist country in some ways a more difficult foe to counter than the Soviet Union during the Cold War, U.S. Secretary of ...
Aug 12, 2020
Uber likely to shut down temporarily in California over new driver ruling: CNBC
By Ayanti Bera (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc would likely shut down temporarily in California for several months if a court does not overturn a recent ruling requiring it to classify its drivers a...
Aug 12, 2020
China’s Kingold Jewelry delisting from Nasdaq, shares plunge
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Kingold Jewelry Inc fell by 27% on the Nasdaq stock exchange on Wednesday after the company said it would voluntarily delist its shares. The plunge means Kingold's Nasdaq-t...
Aug 12, 2020
