Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lufthansa’s unionized ground staff back cost-cutting deal, document shows
BERLIN (Reuters) - A deal to cut costs and save jobs at Lufthansa has won the support of a majority of the Verdi trade union members who work for the German airline as ground staff, according to the r...
Dec 04, 2020
‘We’re not Hungary,’ Macron says, rejecting ‘illiberal’ accusations
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday rejected accusations his government had taken an illiberal turn with a contested bill to protect police officers and a crack...
Dec 04, 2020
Young Brazilian partygoers stir fears of second COVID-19 wave
By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - When a young woman joined her family for a barbecue one recent Sunday in southern Brazil, soon after a night on the town, she had no idea she would infect 1...
Dec 04, 2020
South Africa expects first vaccines from COVAX scheme in second quarter of 2021
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa expects to receive its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from the global vaccine distribution scheme, COVAX, in the second quarter of 2021, the health ministry sai...
Dec 04, 2020
Analysis: Rising economic risks, but Fed likely won’t tweak bond-buying for now
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - The big slowdown in U.S. jobs growth last month and the surge in COVID-19 cases signal more hurt ahead for the world's largest economy, but those rising risks aren't likely t...
Dec 04, 2020
Pompeo slaps visa restrictions on Chinese accused of quashing dissent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday he had imposed visa restrictions on Chinese officials and others who have used or threatened to use violence, the release of p...
Dec 04, 2020
League suspends marijuana tests for 2020-21 season, cites pandemic challenges
(Reuters) - The National Basketball Association (NBA) and its NBPA players' association have agreed to suspend random testing for marijuana during the 2020-21 season, a league spokesman said on Friday...
Dec 04, 2020
Trump campaign spent more than $2 million on election lawyers, including Jenna Ellis
By Aram Roston and Brad Heath WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign paid nearly $9 million in its so-far unsuccessful bid to overturn the results of the presidential election, ...
Dec 04, 2020
South Africa’s second largest crude refinery shutdown after blast
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's second largest crude oil refinery, the 120,000 barrel per day plant operated by Engen, was shutdown on Friday for investigators to determine the cause of the early...
Dec 04, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 275,386 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 14,041,436 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 219,187 cases from its previous count, and said that th...
Dec 04, 2020
