Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bleary-eyed U.S. election officials turn to signature-verifying software in mail-in surge
By Paresh Dave and Andy Sullivan OAKLAND, Calif./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When election officials in at least 29 U.S. counties face an expected avalanche of mail-in ballots in the Nov. 3 presidential el...
Sep 24, 2020
Trump, eyeing Farm Country, starts working on ethanol industry’s year-old wishlist
By Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, looking to shore up support in the U.S. Farm Belt during a tight race for re-election, is taking steps to help produ...
Sep 24, 2020
Accenture forecasts current-quarter revenue below estimates
(Reuters) - Accenture Plc on Thursday forecast current-quarter revenue below Wall Street expectations and missed estimates for fourth-quarter sales, hurt by lower spending from clients impacted by the...
Sep 24, 2020
German court opens criminal proceeedings against former Volkswagen CEO
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A court in Braunschweig, Germany on Thursday said it had opened proceedings against former Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn examining whether he is guilty of market m...
Sep 24, 2020
Hungary PM Orban says EU commission immigration plan ‘no breakthrough’
(Reuters) - The European Commission's migration plan presented on Wednesday is not a breakthrough, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a press briefing in Brussels according to state TV chan...
Sep 24, 2020
Migrants should be returned to their home countries, Czech PM says
WARSAW (Reuters) - Migrants entering the European Union should be stopped and turned back to their home countries, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Thursday in Brussels ahead of negotiations ...
Sep 24, 2020
Businesses cheer, unions fear contentious Indian labour reforms
By Alasdair Pal and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Business groups on Thursday welcomed contentious and long-delayed labour reforms passed by India's parliament this week, aimed at making hiring an...
Sep 24, 2020
Iran’s coronavirus death toll rises above 25,000: health ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the novel coronavirus rose by 175 to 25,015 on Thursday, the highest in the Middle East, with the total number of identified cases spiking to 436,319 in the co...
Sep 24, 2020
Austria to welcome skiers, but dancing on bars is off the menu
VIENNA (Reuters) - Skiers in Austria this winter must sit at tables in bars rather than dance on them, the government said on Thursday, outlining plans to rein in the country's apres-ski parties that ...
Sep 24, 2020
As COVID surges in Europe, officials warn of ‘twindemic’ with flu
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A surge in COVID-19 cases in Europe risks becoming a deadly double epidemic of flu and coronavirus infections, EU health officials warned on Thursday as they urged E...
Sep 24, 2020
