Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil ups debt ceiling to 4.9 trillion reais to accommodate crisis spending
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Treasury on Friday raised the public debt ceiling for this year to account for a surge in emergency spending to combat the COVID-19 crisis, outgoings th...
Aug 28, 2020
New owners but business as usual for former F1 champions Williams
By Abhishek Takle (Reuters) - Williams' deputy team principal Claire Williams has said she will remain in charge at the former Formula One champions for the time being after the team was sold to new o...
Aug 28, 2020
Osaka digs deep to set up final with Azarenka
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka beat Belgian Elise Mertens to reach the Western & Southern Open final on Friday after playing in a semi-final she had originally withdrawn from in a call for racial ju...
Aug 28, 2020
U.S. court rejects bid to halt Kinder Morgan gas pipeline
By Gary McWilliams (Reuters) - A nearly-complete $2.3 billion pipeline to carry natural gas from West Texas shale fields to the U.S. Gulf Coast can move ahead, a U.S. judge in Austin, Texas, ruled on ...
Aug 28, 2020
France reports 7,379 new coronavirus cases, just shy of lockdown record
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported 7,379 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, a new post-lockdown record following the 6,111 record reported on Thursday and just shy of the 7,578 high set on Marc...
Aug 28, 2020
Former Central African Republic interim leader to run in December poll
BANGUI (Reuters) - Former Central Africa Republic's transitional leader Catherine Samba-Panza, who guided the country from 2014 to 2016, has declared she will challenge incumbent President Faustin Arc...
Aug 28, 2020
First U.S. COVID-19 reinfection case identified in Nevada study
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - Researchers for the first time have identified someone in the United States who was reinfected with the novel coronavirus, according to a study that has not yet been revie...
Aug 28, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan, NATO chief discuss eastern Mediterranean
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan spoke with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg about developments in the eastern Mediterranean and told him Turkey will continue to protect its rights...
Aug 28, 2020
NBA playoffs to resume on Saturday after player-led protests
(Reuters) - NBA players who boycotted games as part of a protest against racial injustice and police brutality have agreed to resume the playoffs on Saturday, the league and players association (NBPA)...
Aug 28, 2020
Fed’s Mester says U.S. economy could end 2020 down 6% for the year
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth picked up in the third quarter but it will take a while for the economy to dig out of the "deep hole" it fell into because of the pandemic, Cleveland Federal ...
Aug 28, 2020
