Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Supreme Court allows easing of Rhode Island voting restrictions
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday left in place a lower-court ruling that relaxes voting restrictions in Rhode Island during the coronavirus pandemic. The ju...
Aug 13, 2020
Volkswagen to make electric car cells, battery packs in U.S.
(Reuters) - German automaker Volkswagen AG said it was expanding its Chattanooga factory in Tennessee to make electric vehicle cells and battery packs in the United States, alongside assembling electr...
Aug 13, 2020
Polish resort offers guests free coronavirus tests as cases spike
By Malgorzata Wojtunik and Joanna Plucinska WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish holiday resort is offering free coronavirus tests to guests as cases spike nationally. In the past week, daily case numbers have...
Aug 13, 2020
Serbia chooses links with China to develop economy, telecoms despite U.S. warning campaign
By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) - As U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rallied Central European nations this week to stem Chinese influence by snubbing its advanced digital technology, Chin...
Aug 13, 2020
Two Kenya police officers charged with murder after Garissa shooting
By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two Kenyan police officers were charged on Thursday with murder after they allegedly shot dead two people in the eastern county of Garissa last month, according ...
Aug 13, 2020
U.S. federal contract ban takes effect for companies using products from Huawei, others
By David Shepardson and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New regulations took effect on Thursday barring the U.S. government from buying goods or services from any company that uses products from fiv...
Aug 13, 2020
Brazil’s BRF says testing meat products before shipping to China ‘extremely complex’
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Testing meat products and packages for potential coronavirus contamination before cargos are shipped to China is "extremely complex," executives at Brazilian food company BRF SA ...
Aug 13, 2020
Brazil health minister says Russia vaccine still at an early stage
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's interim Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said on Thursday that Russia's COVID-19 vaccine is at too early a stage for the country to consider purchasing it. Still, he sai...
Aug 13, 2020
Polish pilgrims head for holy site despite virus risks
WARSAW (Reuters) - Thousands of Polish pilgrims were making their way to the holiest site in the staunchly Catholic country on Thursday, shrugging off record COVID-19 infection data that has forced au...
Aug 13, 2020
‘Secret’ life of sharks: Study reveals their surprising social networks
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sharks have more complex social lives than previously known, as shown by a study finding that gray reef sharks in the Pacific Ocean cultivate surprising social ne...
Aug 13, 2020
