Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French PM to end self-isolation after another negative COVID-19 test
PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Jean Castex has tested negative for COVID-19 again and will come out of self-isolation on Saturday, a week after being in contact with someone who had a positiv...
Sep 12, 2020
Sri Lanka navy plugs leak on fire-hit supertanker
COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan navy said on Saturday it had sealed an inlet on the fire-stricken New Diamond oil supertanker that was leaking fuel oil and sparking fears of an environmental disast...
Sep 12, 2020
Titans rookie Wilson arrested on suspicion of DUI
Titans first-round draft pick Isaiah Wilson was arrested Friday night on suspicion of DUI, less than 72 hours before Tennessee's season opener. Records on the Davidson County (Tenn.) Sheriff's Office ...
Sep 12, 2020
Regulator alleges anticompetitive practices in Brazil’s aviation gasoline market
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Cade, Brazil's anti-monopoly regulator, has recommended that some of the nation's largest fuel distributors be found guilty of anticompetitive practices in the aviation gaso...
Sep 12, 2020
Colombian court orders $370 million loan to Avianca temporarily witheld
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian court has ordered government loans worth $370 million made to Avianca Holdings under U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy laws be temporarily withheld, until the airline guarantee...
Sep 12, 2020
Cuba shuts down interprovincial transportation due to new COVID-19 fears
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban state media reported on Saturday interprovincial transportation would be shut down and a curfew in Havana extended until the end of the month as a surge in COVID-19 cases in t...
Sep 12, 2020
UK records 3,497 more confirmed cases of COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom reported 3,497 confirmed new cases of COVID-19, according to government data published on Saturday, compared with 3,539 a day earlier. It also reported a further ...
Sep 12, 2020
Biggie Smalls crown likely to fetch top dollar at Sotheby’s first-ever hip hop auction
By Dan Fastenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - It started out as just a plastic prop from a party shop but the gold colored crown that American rapper Biggie Smalls wore on the last photo shoot before his dea...
Sep 12, 2020
Myanmar residents barricade city streets as coronavirus cases rise
By Zaw Naing Oo YANGON (Reuters) - Some residents of Myanmar's biggest city used pieces of wood and corrugated iron to make barricades around their neighbourhoods late on Friday, trying to keep out CO...
Sep 12, 2020
Serena out of Italian Open with Achilles problem
(Reuters) - Serena Williams has pulled out of the Italian Open starting on Monday due to an Achilles injury, the former world number one confirmed on Saturday. Williams' bid for a record-equalling 24t...
Sep 12, 2020
