Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU arms itself against U.S. and others in trade disputes
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will arm itself with potential punitive tariffs against the United States and other rivals if they take advantage of World Trade Organization paralysis and refu...
Oct 28, 2020
Miniature organs help test potential coronavirus drugs; GI symptoms linked to severe COVID-19
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Oct 28, 2020
U.S. unseals charges over 2008 kidnapping of American journalist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging Haji Najibullah with six counts related to the 2008 kidnapping of an American journalist and two Afghan ...
Oct 28, 2020
2021 Boston Marathon pushed back from traditional April date
(Reuters) - Next year's Boston Marathon will not be held in April as it usually is and will be moved to the autumn due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Wednesday. The race had been held an...
Oct 28, 2020
Canada says pandemic aid has limits as central bank warns of long-slog to recovery
By Julie Gordon and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's finance minister on Wednesday said for the first time that federal pandemic aid to households and businesses has limits as the Bank of C...
Oct 28, 2020
Deutsche Boerse quarterly net profit down 9%, misses forecasts
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German exchange operator Deutsche Boerse on Wednesday posted a 9% fall in third-quarter net profit, a greater decline than expected, but left its guidance for the year unchanged....
Oct 28, 2020
Irish COVID-19 cases fall to near three-week low on tight restrictions
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland reported the lowest number of COVID-19 cases for almost three weeks on Wednesday, with the seven-day average falling for the seventh consecutive day after the country introd...
Oct 28, 2020
California crews begin to tame two Orange County wildfires as winds ebb
(Reuters) - Weakening winds overnight enabled firefighters in Southern California to begin to corral two raging wildfires that left two front-line crew members hospitalized and were threatening tens o...
Oct 28, 2020
Venezuela’s Maduro says Amuay refinery was hit by a ‘terrorist attack’
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday said the country's Amuay oil refinery was victim of a terrorist attack on Tuesday that involved a "powerful weapon", but said the c...
Oct 28, 2020
Foot and mouth disease outbreak spreads in Namibia
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Foot and mouth disease-prone Namibia has been hit by another outbreak of the highly contagious disease a month after it was detected in the north of the country, the ministry of a...
Oct 28, 2020
