Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett has staked out conservative positions
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In nominating Amy Coney Barrett for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court, President Donald Trump has selected a federal appeals court jud...
Sep 26, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. shale producers Devon, WPX Energy in merger talks
By David French NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. shale producer Devon Energy Corp is in talks to acquire rival WPX Energy Inc in an all-stock transaction that would create a combined company worth around $6 ...
Sep 26, 2020
Brazil reports 28,378 new cases of coronavirus, 869 deaths
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 28,378 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and 869 deaths from the disease, its health ministry said on Saturday. Brazil has ...
Sep 26, 2020
Colombia passes grim milestone of 800,000 coronavirus cases, more than 25,000 deaths
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases in Colombia, which is nearly a month into a national reopening after a long quarantine, surpassed 800,000 on Saturday, a day after deaths from COVID-19 climbed abo...
Sep 26, 2020
Prince William, wife Kate join Attenborough after film screening
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's royal family have released pictures of Prince William, wife Kate and their three children joining the naturalist David Attenborough in the gardens of Kensington Palace. Th...
Sep 26, 2020
Queen Elizabeth to honour UK health workers during the pandemic
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth will recognise the work of hundreds of doctors, nurses, fundraisers and volunteers during the COVID pandemic when the her annual birthday honours list is p...
Sep 26, 2020
UK’s Johnson should rip up Brexit divorce deal, think-tank says
LONDON (Reuters) - An influential pro-hard Brexit think-tank urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to tear up his divorce deal with the European Union on Saturday, saying it would still allow the bloc to...
Sep 26, 2020
Saudi Arabia plans to resume tourist visas by early 2021: minister
By Marwa Rashad RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia plans to resume tourist visas by early 2021 after months of suspension amid strict government measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the kingdom...
Sep 26, 2020
BoE’s Tenreyro says evidence on negative rates encouraging
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England has been discussing how effective negative interest rates might be in the economic downturn and "the evidence has been encouraging", policymaker Silvana Tenreyro...
Sep 26, 2020
Israelis protest outside Netanyahu’s home after bid to curb demonstrations
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Crowds protested outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home on Saturday demanding he quit over his handling of COVID-19 - many angered by what they...
Sep 26, 2020
