Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Portland General tumbles after report equipment possibly led to fires
(Reuters) - Shares of Portland General Electric plummeted as much as 16% after media reported that the utility has received unconfirmed information that some fires in Oregon region may have been start...
Sep 10, 2020
Severe floods hit 760,000 people in West and Central Africa
By Boureima Balima NIAMEY (Reuters) - Nigerien student Hachimou Abdou has had to catch a boat to classes since river water swamped his route to university in the capital Niamey - one of about 760,000 ...
Sep 10, 2020
London statue of Churchill defaced again
LONDON (Reuters) - A statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill opposite parliament was on Wednesday sprayed with graffiti by protesters declaring him a racist for the second time in fo...
Sep 10, 2020
Citigroup’s Fraser shows Wall Street playing catch-up on woman CEOs
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc's appointment of Jane Fraser as its next chief executive on Thursday was celebrated on Wall Street as the first woman to lead one of the top U.S....
Sep 10, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine doses could arrive in Canada early in 2021: minister
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada is "aggressively negotiating" with drugmakers on delivery schedules for potential COVID-19 vaccines and shipments would begin early in 2021 under existing deals, Canada's mi...
Sep 10, 2020
U.S. could restrict funds for malign activities over Navalny poisoning
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday it will work with allies to hold accountable those responsible for poisoning Russian opposition politician Alexe...
Sep 10, 2020
Disney expects to reopen a little over 50% of its hotels by end of fiscal year
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co expects to have reopened "a little over 50%" of its hotels and resorts by the end of the fiscal year, according to Chief Financial Officer Christine McCarthy, who spoke via ...
Sep 10, 2020
Report: No NBA before Christmas Day
The 2020-21 NBA season will not begin before Christmas Day, league officials told the Board of Governors on Thursday, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. The league also will move the 2020 dr...
Sep 10, 2020
COVID-19 restrictions give New York Fashion Week new look
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Fashion Week will look a little different this season, with the typical seven-day parade of events stripped down to five days because of COVID-19 restric...
Sep 10, 2020
Pakistanis outraged by gang rape of mother along major highway
By Umar Farooq LAHORE/ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (Reuters) - Comments by the lead police investigator suggesting that the victim of a gang rape in Pakistan that occurred along one of the country's most secur...
Sep 10, 2020
