Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Venezuela oil minister says he has recovered from COVID-19
(Reuters) - Venezuelan oil minister Tareck El Aissami said on Wednesday he had recovered from the novel coronavirus, a month after he tested positive for COVID-19. El Aissami, who is also the OPEC nat...
Aug 12, 2020
German agency does not expect COVID vaccine in autumn, withdraws report
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's public health agency does not expect a COVID-19 vaccine to be available by the autumn, an agency spokeswoman said, withdrawing a report it issued earlier on Wednesday, whi...
Aug 12, 2020
UK Royal Air Force sends plane to help monitor migrant crossings
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Air Force has sent a maritime patrol aircraft to help support border control operations in the English Channel after an increase in migrants seeking to cross from Fr...
Aug 12, 2020
Eagles’ Pederson cleared from COVID, back with team
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson is back with the team after a 10-day absence due to a positive test for COVID-19. The team announced Aug. 2 that Pederson had tested positive, though the c...
Aug 12, 2020
Explainer: How commodity trade finance works
By Julia Payne LONDON (Reuters) - Global banks were left shell-shocked this year by a series of commodity trader collapses after instances of fraud were laid bare by the coronavirus crisis. ABN Amro o...
Aug 12, 2020
U.S. sells record 10-year debt to strong demand
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday sold a record $38 billion in 10-year government notes to strong demand at a high yield of 0.677%, which was better than the 0.653% at the...
Aug 12, 2020
Twitter launches much-awaited developer software after hack delay
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc rolled out its new long-awaited Application Programming Interface (API) software on Wednesday, nearly a month after the social media company delayed the platform's launch follo...
Aug 12, 2020
New Jersey governor can borrow $9.9 billion to plug shortfalls, top state court rules
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - New Jersey's highest court on Wednesday rejected an effort by state Republicans to block Democratic Governor Phil Murphy from borrowing as much as $9.9 billion to help ...
Aug 12, 2020
UK’s COVID-19 official death toll lowered to 41,329 after methodology change
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's official death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic was lowered by over 5,000 on Wednesday as the government adopted a new way of counting fatalities after concerns were raised...
Aug 12, 2020
Russia detains YouTube blogger, accuses him of breaching secrets law
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian YouTube blogger who makes videos of industrial sites and abandoned facilities was arrested earlier this month on a charge of illegally obtaining and disseminating state se...
Aug 12, 2020
