Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Indonesia parliament passes flagship jobs bill, critics vow protests
By Maikel Jefriando and Tabita Diela JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament passed into law President Joko Widodo's flagship "Job Creation" bill on Monday that aims to boost investment in Southeas...
Oct 05, 2020
Uber, Lyft spend big in California to oppose even costlier gig worker law
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc together are spending nearly $100 million on a November California ballot initiative to overturn a state law that would compel them to cla...
Oct 05, 2020
One in 10 may have caught COVID, as world heads into ‘difficult period’: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Roughly 1 in 10 people may have been infected with the novel coronavirus, leaving the vast majority of the world's population vulnerable to the related COVID-19 disease, the World H...
Oct 05, 2020
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
