Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU leaders to continue talks on budget with Hungary, Poland: Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - European Union leaders will continue to discuss the bloc's 1.8 trillion euro ($2.14 trillion) plan to recover from the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been veto...
Nov 19, 2020
Amazon France agrees to delay ‘Black Friday’ operations to Dec. 4
By Dominique Vidalon and Matthieu Protard PARIS (Reuters) - Amazon said on Thursday it would postpone its "Black Friday" discount shopping sales in France to Dec.4, joining other retailers in delaying...
Nov 19, 2020
Tyson Foods suspends employees after lawsuit alleges managers bet on workers catching COVID-19
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc said on Thursday it suspended employees without pay and hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct an investigation in response to a ...
Nov 19, 2020
Egypt arrests executive director of prominent rights group in latest crackdown
CAIRO (Reuters) - A prominent Egyptian rights group said security agents arrested its executive director on Thursday, days after two other senior members were detained under charges including joining ...
Nov 19, 2020
Hondurans who fled hurricanes now face coronavirus in overcrowded shelters
By Jorge Cabrera and Stefanie Eschenbacher SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Hondurans are cramming into overcrowded storm shelters, aid workers and officials say, raising conc...
Nov 19, 2020
Canada bids to toughen its stance on climate change, some critics unmoved
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada, which has never met any of its climate change targets, on Thursday unveiled measures to toughen Ottawa's stance on global warming and ensure the country h...
Nov 19, 2020
Top Senate Democrat says Republican McConnell has agreed to resume COVID relief talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has agreed to resume COVID-19 relief talks as cases surge across the country, ...
Nov 19, 2020
Verizon, Apple partner to swap out corporate-owned phones for 5G iPhones
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple Inc and Verizon Communications on Thursday announced a program in which Verizon will subsidize the replacement of corporate customers' entire fleet of smartphones w...
Nov 19, 2020
On brink of collapse, famed Puerto Rico space telescope to close down
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Science Foundation on Thursday announced it will close down the massive space telescope at Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory, ending 57 years ...
Nov 19, 2020
Sierra Leone considering a warrant for the arrest of former president
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's anti-corruption commission could issue a warrant for the arrest of former President Ernest Bai Koroma after he failed to comply with a summons for questioning, the ...
Nov 19, 2020
