Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Turkish companies seek fresh debt restructuring as virus hits: sources
By Ebru Tuncay and Birsen Altayli ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Debt-laden Turkish companies are seeking more time to repay bank loans after the coronavirus pandemic upended plans to sell assets, according to ...
Sep 15, 2020
Spiking U.S. gun sales deluge FBI’s background check system, cause delays
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - A surge in people buying guns since the coronavirus pandemic began has flooded the FBI's background check system, causing a spike in the number of delayed checks and allowin...
Sep 15, 2020
Mexican president launches stinging attack on his five predecessors
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday moved closer to an unprecedented national vote on what he describes as the corrupt rule of his predecessors, alleging t...
Sep 15, 2020
U.S. import prices increase more than expected in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. import prices increased more than expected in August and gains in the prior month were revised sharply higher, supporting views that inflation pressures were building up. T...
Sep 15, 2020
Louisville to announce settlement in Breonna Taylor shooting: Courier Journal
(Reuters) - The city government of Louisville, Kentucky, is expected to announce on Tuesday a financial settlement with the family of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman fatally shot by police in March, the...
Sep 15, 2020
Netherlands hits new high for daily coronavirus cases: newspaper
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands recorded a daily record number of new coronavirus infections, an increase of 1,379 in 24 hours, the Volkskrant newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing national heal...
Sep 15, 2020
Trump says not pressing U.S. government for coronavirus vaccine for political reasons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday told Fox News he is not pressuring the U.S. government for a vaccine against the deadly coronavirus for political reasons. "I'm not doing it fo...
Sep 15, 2020
UK’s ‘moonshot’ for millions of daily COVID tests depends on technology: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain wants to be able to carry out millions of COVID-19 tests a day, known as Prime Minister Boris Johnson's "moonshot" plan for mass testing, but doing so depends on new technol...
Sep 15, 2020
Russia-Belarus military drills are not targeting other countries: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Joint military drills taking place in Belarus this month between Russian and Belarusian forces are for counter-terrorism purposes and are not directed against other countries, the I...
Sep 15, 2020
Former UK Conservative lawmaker jailed for sex crimes
LONDON (Reuters) - A former lawmaker from Britain's governing Conservative Party was sentenced to two years in jail after being found guilty of sexually assaulting two women. Charlie Elphicke, 49, who...
Sep 15, 2020
