Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Nigerian gas tanker explosion kills at least 28
ABUJA (Reuters) - At least 28 people were killed on Wednesday when a gas tanker exploded in the central Nigerian state of Kogi and started a blaze, a road safety agency official said. Bisi Kazeem, spo...
Sep 23, 2020
Michigan aims for carbon neutrality by 2050
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed an executive directive setting a goal for the midwestern state to become carbon neutral by 2050, the ...
Sep 23, 2020
Fed’s Quarles sees long recovery, says he’ll be ‘more patient’ on inflation
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Governor Randal Quarles on Wednesday painted a somewhat optimistic picture of a U.S. recovery powered by consumer spending, but said risks are weighted to the downside and ...
Sep 23, 2020
New York City moves to curb COVID-19 spread in new clusters
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City officials said on Wednesday they were working to address a rise in COVID-19 cases in parts of Brooklyn and Queens that was raising "a lot of concern...
Sep 23, 2020
UK fraud office seizes jewels, Rolex watches linked to fugitive
LONDON (Reuters) - A wanted fugitive whose brother was convicted of a role in a 50 million pound ($64 million) British mortgage scam has had opulent necklaces, gold, silver and diamond-encrusted Rolex...
Sep 23, 2020
Gambia MPs reject retroactive bill curbing term limits as unlawful
BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambian lawmakers loyal to President Adama Barrow on Wednesday said they had voted against a new constitution that would have barred him from serving two more terms because the char...
Sep 23, 2020
Times Square New Year’s Eve to go virtual
(Reuters) - The New Year's Eve in Times Square will be virtual this year in a scaled back, socially distant celebration, the organizers of the event said on Wednesday. They said a very limited group o...
Sep 23, 2020
Lawyer for Trump’s son Eric defends delayed questioning in New York probe
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer for President Donald Trump's son Eric on Wednesday urged a New York state judge not to require that he be interviewed before the Nov. 3 presidential e...
Sep 23, 2020
Switzerland sends 2,500 students into quarantine after hotel school COVID outbreak
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has quarantined the entire undergraduate body of one of its premier hospitality management schools just days after their return from summer recess, regional officials sa...
Sep 23, 2020
Playboy nears $425 million deal to return to the stock market, sources say
By Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - Playboy Enterprises is nearing a deal to go public through a merger with Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp , which would value the owner of Playboy magazine at around $425...
Sep 23, 2020
