Author Archives: Syndicated Content
London Film Festival offers beacon of hope to COVID-hit industry
By Paul Sandle and Jonathan Shenfield LONDON (Reuters) - The pizzazz of the red carpet will be lacking and fewer films will be on offer at this year's London Film Festival, but fans can still enjoy a ...
Oct 08, 2020
U.S. water row puts Mexican president in opposition sights
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's desire to placate the United States in a dispute over water has given the beleaguered opposition a flag to rally ...
Oct 08, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 211,132 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 7,528,313 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 53,051 cases from its previous count, and said the num...
Oct 08, 2020
Six Yamaha engineers to miss French Grand Prix after one COVID-19 positive
(Reuters) - Six engineers from Yamaha will miss the French Grand Prix MotoGP race this weekend after one of them tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week, the team said on Thursday. "Yamaha Moto...
Oct 08, 2020
Fed’s Rosengren: had not assumed near-term fiscal stimulus in latest forecast
(Reuters) - Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren on Thursday said he assumed no new fiscal stimulus this year when making his latest economic projections and thus his outlook was among the ...
Oct 08, 2020
Trial of Giuliani associates Parnas, Fruman delayed to March 2021
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday delayed the criminal trial of two former associates of U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on campaign fina...
Oct 08, 2020
Swiatek puts studies on the back burner to focus on tennis
PARIS (Reuters) - Polish teenager Iga Swiatek decided to put off going to university for two years in order to try to make it in tennis - a decision which was richly rewarded on Thursday when she reac...
Oct 08, 2020
Fed’s Kaplan sees U.S. economy shrinking just 2.5% this year
(Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan on Thursday said he expects the U.S. economy to contract 2.5% this year, an upgrade from just over a week ago when he forecast a 3% contracti...
Oct 08, 2020
Hamilton against cutting trees for new Rio circuit
By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) - Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday he saw no need for a new racetrack in Rio de Janeiro and was against cutting down forest trees to make way for it...
Oct 08, 2020
Fiscal drag, viral carousel, and another stalled week in U.S. recovery
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. hiring last week remained sluggish, retail foot traffic dipped, and a surge in coronavirus cases across the Upper Midwest even dented what had been a ca...
Oct 08, 2020
