Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Argentina’s coronavirus death toll leaps above 20,000 as new data added
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's coronavirus death toll leapt above 20,000 on Thursday as a large number of previously untallied fatalities were added to the total, emphasizing how the country has...
Oct 01, 2020
Australian August retail sales fall 4%, Victoria hit hard
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian retail sales fell 4% in August from the month earlier, official data showed on Friday, with the virus-stricken state of Victoria bearing the brunt of the downturn. The re...
Oct 01, 2020
Oil drops for second day as worsening pandemic threatens demand drop
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell nearly 1% on Friday, extending losses into a second day as rising production of crude comes amid a worsening COVID-19 pandemic which threatens to bring more restricti...
Oct 01, 2020
Heat adapting after injury-plagued Game 1 loss to Lakers
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - Miami Heat players insisted their team can bounce back from a tough loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, despite injuries that sidelined two of their ...
Oct 01, 2020
Ahead of U.S. election, malicious email campaign mimics Democratic pitches for volunteers
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of emails sent on Thursday that asked recipients to volunteer for the Democratic Party ahead of the November U.S. election actually came from...
Oct 01, 2020
Paraguay declares state of emergency as forest fires rage
By Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's Congress declared a national emergency on Thursday as forest fires raged, burning vast swaths of the Chaco dry forest, home to sprawling cattle ranc...
Oct 01, 2020
North Korea’s Kim tours flood-hit town, sister reappears in public
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected recovery efforts in a flooded village, his latest visit to areas damaged by recent typhoons, while his sister reappeared in public for the f...
Oct 01, 2020
Trump vows to reverse ‘ridiculous’ move to make Navy SEAL ethos gender-neutral
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a military decision to make the Navy SEAL ethos gender-neutral was "ridiculous" and vowed to overturn it, his latest move to interve...
Oct 01, 2020
Japan’s jobs market worsens in August as coronavirus damage persists
By Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's unemployment rate rose in August to its highest in over three years and job availability fell to a more than six-year low, government data showed on Fri...
Oct 01, 2020
Australia’s COVID-19 hotspot state says daily cases near four-month low
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New daily coronavirus infections in Australia's hotspot state Victoria have fallen to a near four-month low, authorities said on Friday, as other states recorded only imported cases...
Oct 01, 2020
