Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. group urges Biden to use financial regulation to control climate change
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A climate advocacy group comprised of high-profile backers of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday urged the former vice president to cons...
Oct 27, 2020
Italy’s daily coronavirus cases hit new record, deaths jump above 200
ROME (Reuters) - Italy has registered 21,994 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Tuesday, the highest daily tally since the start of the country's outbreak a...
Oct 27, 2020
Exclusive: Chevron to lay off about 25% of Noble Energy employees after merger
By Shariq Khan and Jennifer Hiller (Reuters) - Chevron Corp will lay off about 25% of Noble Energy's employees who joined the oil major after its $4.1 billion purchase of the smaller rival earlier thi...
Oct 27, 2020
ACC foes Louisville, Virginia Tech search for consistency
Atlantic Coast Conference counterparts Virginia Tech and Louisville meet Saturday at Cardinal Stadium aiming to avoid falling out of the conference race. The Cardinals and Hokies were picked fourth an...
Oct 27, 2020
Libya U.N. envoy expects election date to be set at coming talks
By Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) - The United Nations acting Libya envoy expects coming political talks to designate a date for national elections, she told Reuters on Tuesday, after the country's tw...
Oct 27, 2020
Greece exceeds 1,200 daily COVID-19 infections for first time
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece recorded a single-day record of 1,259 confirmed coronavirus infections on Tuesday, health authorities said, while the education minister tested positive for the virus. Tuesda...
Oct 27, 2020
UK records 367 COVID deaths, highest daily toll since May 27
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded a further 367 deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test on Tuesday, the highest daily toll since May 27, government data showed. British fataliti...
Oct 27, 2020
‘I was going to die there’: Lagos panel begins hearing police brutality claims
By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - A judicial panel investigating claims of police brutality and the shooting of protesters began hearing complaints in Lagos on Tuesday in a nation on edge following Ni...
Oct 27, 2020
Arc de Triomphe area in Paris evacuated following bomb alert: police
PARIS (Reuters) - The area around the Arc de Triomphe in central Paris has been evacuated following a bomb alert, a police spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday. He said subway lines in the area were also...
Oct 27, 2020
U.S. FCC votes to maintain 2017 repeal of net neutrality rules
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 on Tuesday to maintain its 2017 repeal of Obama-era net neutrality rules, even after a federal court dir...
Oct 27, 2020
