Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ivory Coast to free opposition leader’s allies in pre-vote peace gesture, spokesman says
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Seeking to calm tensions in Ivory Coast ahead of a presidential election, the authorities plan to release associates of opposition leader Guillaume Soro who have been held in deten...
Sep 23, 2020
Brazil reports 33,281 new coronavirus cases, 869 deaths
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 33,281 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, as well as 869 deaths from the disease, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Bra...
Sep 23, 2020
Tesla’s Nevada lithium plan faces stark obstacles on path to production
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - Tesla Inc's plan to produce lithium for electric vehicle batteries close to its Nevada Gigafactory faces stark challenges from the outset, including an onerous permittin...
Sep 23, 2020
New York’s Metropolitan Opera to remain closed for another year
(Reuters) - New York's famed Metropolitan Opera canceled its entire upcoming season on Wednesday and said it would remain closed until September 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, a sign of the con...
Sep 23, 2020
Fed’s Daly says inflation will be guide on U.S. full employment
(Reuters) - The U.S. central bank's job is to eliminate employment shortfalls, and it will look to inflation to gauge whether it is meeting that goal, San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly...
Sep 23, 2020
Gilead to pay $97 million to settle U.S. kickback probe
By Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc has agreed to pay $97 million to resolve U.S. government claims it used a purportedly independent charity to pay illegal kickbacks to cov...
Sep 23, 2020
Coronavirus spreads in top echelon of Guatemala’s government
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Four more Guatemalan officials have tested positive for the coronavirus, authorities said on Wednesday, after Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei and a...
Sep 23, 2020
Fed’s Rosengren says U.S. could face a credit crunch by year end if virus worsens
(Reuters) - The U.S. economy could face more foreclosures and business bankruptcies in the fall and winter if there is a rise in infections and no additional fiscal aid, conditions that could make it ...
Sep 23, 2020
Argentina jobless rate hits 16-year high amid pandemic, lockdown
By Jorge Iorio BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's unemployment rate jumped to 13.1% in the second quarter of the year as the country was swiped by the coronavirus pandemic, the official statistics a...
Sep 23, 2020
Trump says he thinks 2020 election will end up at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he thinks the 2020 election will end up at the U.S. Supreme Court, adding that he thinks that is why it is important to have nine j...
Sep 23, 2020
