Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Iranian vessel loads with Venezuelan alumina, amid closer ties – sources
By Maria Ramirez and Luc Cohen PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela/NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Iranian-flagged vessel loaded a cargo of alumina in Venezuela this month after delivering supplies for an Iranian superma...
Aug 27, 2020
France suspends controversial glue-trapping of songbirds
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - France has suspended the glue-trapping of songbirds this year but stopped short of abolishing the controversial practice which is criticised as barbaric by bird lo...
Aug 27, 2020
Brazil’s VP Mourão plays down Amazon fires, says EU farmers holding up Mercosur deal
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mouro played down the fires raging in the dry season in the Amazon on Thursday, saying it was "surreal" how they are being seen abroad as if the w...
Aug 27, 2020
White House adviser Kudlow says administration has no view on who purchases TikTok
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House adviser Larry Kudlow said on Monday the Trump administration did not have a view on who purchases the social media company TikTok. Walmart Inc said on Monday it was ...
Aug 27, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 178,998 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday said the number of deaths due to the coronavirus had risen by 1,239 to 178,998 and also reported 5,799,046 cases, an i...
Aug 27, 2020
France reports 6,111 new COVID-19 infections, second-highest level ever
PARIS (Reuters) - France on Thursday recorded 6,111 new confirmed coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the highest level since lockdown ended and the second-highest ever, since the 7,578 hig...
Aug 27, 2020
NBA players decide to continue season after boycott over racial injustice
By Frank Pingue and Amy Tennery (Reuters) - National Basketball Association (NBA) players agreed on Thursday not to boycott the rest of the season after forcing the postponement of a slate of playoff ...
Aug 27, 2020
Trump administration to purchase 150 million Abbott COVID-19 tests for $750 million
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration will purchase 150 million rapid coronavirus tests from Abbott Laboratories for about $750 million, a White House spokeswoman said on Thursday. The porta...
Aug 27, 2020
Prayers and faxed letters: Texas woman buries husband who died of COVID-19
By Callaghan O'Hare and Maria Caspani HOUSTON (Reuters) - As hundreds of thousands of people in Texas fled their homes ahead of Hurricane Laura on Wednesday, Michelle Gutierrez was in Houston burying ...
Aug 27, 2020
Djokovic, Thiem on opposite sides of U.S. Open draw
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Australian Open finalists Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem are on a collision course to meet again in the U.S. Open final after they were placed at opposite ends of the draw on Th...
Aug 27, 2020
