Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iceland closes bars, gyms again to curb coronavirus spread
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Iceland has ordered bars, gyms and entertainment venues to close and has sharply cut the number of people allowed to gather in public in order to curb a recent rise in COVID-19 ...
Oct 05, 2020
Business as usual? Little enforcement of Madrid’s new lockdown
By Silvio Castellanos and Michael Gore MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid residents were largely going about business as usual on Monday despite a prohibition on non-essential travel in the first European capi...
Oct 05, 2020
EV battery maker Romeo Systems to go public through a $1.33 billion SPAC deal
(Reuters) - Romeo Systems Inc, a battery maker for electric vehicles, will go public through a merger with blank check company RMG Acquisition Corp in a $1.33 billion deal, the companies said on Monda...
Oct 05, 2020
AG Nessel says she will no longer enforce COVID-19 executive orders
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — There are many questions surrounding Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s executive orders amid the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that...
Oct 05, 2020
Turkish drill ship heads back to Turkey from off Cyprus: data
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish drill ship has left the area where it was operating southwest of Cyprus and reached Turkey's coast, Refinitiv Eikon shipping data showed on Monday, in a move the Europea...
Oct 05, 2020
Ethiopia bans flights over dam for security reasons: aviation chief
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia has banned all flights over its giant new hydropower dam on the Blue Nile for security reasons, the head of its civil aviation authority said on Monday. Ethiopia is lo...
Oct 05, 2020
Virgin Atlantic starts COVID-19 tests on crews as hopes rise for UK airport testing
LONDON (Reuters) - Virgin Atlantic said it had started COVID-19 testing cabin crew and pilots on some flights, as hopes grow that the British government is close to allowing more widespread airport te...
Oct 05, 2020
Thailand seeks Red Bull heir extradition after Interpol ‘red notice’
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police said on Monday they would seek the extradition of the fugitive heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune, after Interpol issued a global "red notice" seeking his arrest...
Oct 05, 2020
Siegemund beats spirited Badosa to reach French Open quarters
(Reuters) - Unseeded German Laura Siegemund came through a tense opening set before cruising past Spaniard Paula Badosa 7-5 6-2 to reach her maiden Grand Slam quarter-final at Roland Garros on Monday....
Oct 05, 2020
U.S. labor shock from pandemic hit women of color hardest; will it persist?
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the positive turns that the U.S. economy took during a decade-long recovery through 2019 was a steady rise in the share of women looking for work and ...
Oct 05, 2020
