Author Archives: Syndicated Content
France’s new daily COVID-19 cases above 20,000 again
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported 22,591 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the daily tally going beyond the 20,000 threshold for the third time in six days, while hospitalisations and deat...
Oct 14, 2020
France’s Macron announces nightly curfews to beat back coronavirus
By Benoit Van Overstraeten and Christian Lowe PARIS (Reuters) - France will impose a nightly curfew on almost one third of the country's 67 million people to tackle a resurgent coronavirus, but a new ...
Oct 14, 2020
Loaded field in Las Vegas for CJ Cup as Masters looms
(Reuters) - Defending champion Justin Thomas returns to action at this week's CJ Cup in Las Vegas where four of the world's top six players head an elite field warming up for next month's Masters. The...
Oct 14, 2020
Big U.S. banks offer muddled outlook on how bad coronavirus losses might get
By Imani Moise and David Henry NEW YORK (Reuters) - Will loan losses from the coronavirus recession get worse, much worse or extremely worse over the next six-to-12 months? All of the above, bank exec...
Oct 14, 2020
Parent of Brazil’s JBS pleads guilty to U.S. foreign bribery charges
By Jody Godoy and Sabrina Valle NEW YORK/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's J&F Investimentos, parent company of the world's largest meatpacker, JBS SA , pleaded guilty to U.S. foreign bribery charge...
Oct 14, 2020
Alpine skiing: Vonn urges athletes to be mindful of wellbeing amid unprecedented challenges
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - Winter Olympic athletes are facing enormous challenges ahead of the 2022 Beijing Games, former Olympic Alpine skiing downhill champion Lindsey Vonn told Reuters, as the COVI...
Oct 14, 2020
Pandemic accelerates need to consider digital currency: Bank of Canada
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the public's use of online services and that means the Bank of Canada must move more quickly to research how a central bank dig...
Oct 14, 2020
France reports more than 9,100 hospitalisations for first time since June 25
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported on Wednesday that the number of people being treated in hospital for COVID-19 went above the 9,100 threshold for the first time since June 25, cont...
Oct 14, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 215,194 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 7.8 million cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 47,459 from its previous count, and said the number...
Oct 14, 2020
ECB policymakers set out wish list for strategic rethink
By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Five European Central Bank policymakers, including President Christine Lagarde, floated proposals on Wednesday for changing how the ECB goes about the busines...
Oct 14, 2020
