Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Italy tops 5,000 daily coronavirus cases for first time since March
ROME (Reuters) - Italy has registered 5,372 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Friday, the first time the country has exceeded 5,000 cases in a single day s...
Oct 09, 2020
UK new cases of COVID-19 fall to 13,864
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 13,864 new daily cases of COVID-19 on Friday, down from the 17,540 it reported the day before, government data showed. A further 87 people died after tes...
Oct 09, 2020
McConnell says pre-election COVID-19 deal unlikely
By David Morgan and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that the White House and Congress were unlikely to reach a deal on a COVID-19 economi...
Oct 09, 2020
Taiwan president to pledge strong defences as China tensions rise
By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will pledge to strengthen the island's defences and work more with regional partners on security in a major speech on Sa...
Oct 09, 2020
Europe records 100,000 daily coronavirus cases for first time
By Sangameswaran S and Shaina Ahluwalia (Reuters) - Europe surpassed 100,000 daily reported COVID-19 cases for the first time on Thursday, after countries such as Russia and United Kingdom saw no resp...
Oct 09, 2020
Aeroflot to raise $1 billion in Russia’s first state-backed rescue of pandemic
By Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Aeroflot said on Friday the state would take up 50 billion roubles worth of its 80-billion rouble ($1 billion) new share offering, a vital cash injection for Russi...
Oct 09, 2020
Broadway theaters sound alarm as closure extended through May 2021
(Reuters) - Broadway theaters on Friday extended a coronavirus shutdown until the end of May 2021, bringing the closure of one of New York City's biggest tourist attractions to more than a year and fo...
Oct 09, 2020
Upside, downside, why the U.S. fiscal feud could make a difference
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While the erratic talks between congressional Democrats and the Trump administration over further federal pandemic relief have resumed, an inability to strik...
Oct 09, 2020
U.S. Midwest sees record one-day increase in COVID-19 cases, hospitals strained
By Lisa Shumaker CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Midwest has reported the most new case of COVID-19 in a single day since the pandemic started, straining hospitals, according to a Reuters analysis. The d...
Oct 09, 2020
U.S. blacklists Nicaraguan officials, financial institution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on two Nicaraguan officials and a financial institution in the latest effort by Washington to put pressure on the leftist governmen...
Oct 09, 2020
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