Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK records 1,276 new daily COVID-19 cases
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 1,276 new daily confirmed cases of COVID-19, it said on Friday, down from the 1,522 recorded on Thursday. A further nine people have died after they test...
Aug 28, 2020
Elon Musk’s net worth tops $100 billion: Forbes
(Reuters) - Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elon Musk's net worth topped $100 billion on Friday, according to the Forbes real-time billionaires list, as the shares of electric-car maker Tesla Inc see a mo...
Aug 28, 2020
Dying mother dolphin struggles to save baby in Mauritius lagoon after oil spill
By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - The baby dolphin rolled over on its side, floating on the surface. Its mother repeatedly nudged its head above the oily waves in a lagoon in Mauritius, where e...
Aug 28, 2020
‘Fresh paint on crumbling building’: Lebanon bank clean-up raises doubts
By Tom Arnold and Raya Jalabi LONDON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Bankers and analysts have voiced scepticism about attempts by Lebanon's central bank to clean up the country's banks, warning they must form par...
Aug 28, 2020
Remnants of Hurricane Laura drench Arkansas as storm heads east
(Reuters) - The remnants of Hurricane Laura were dousing Arkansas on Friday morning and due to bring rain to the East Coast over the weekend. Now a tropical depression, Laura had proved less damaging ...
Aug 28, 2020
Push to restart storm-hit energy operations gets yawn from oil markets
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Energy companies on Friday continued efforts to restore operations at U.S. Gulf Coast offshore platforms and refineries shut by Hurricane Laura as oil markets largely...
Aug 28, 2020
Golf: European Tour set for Cyprus double-header in rejigged schedule
(Reuters) - The European Tour on Friday announced three more tournaments as part of their revamped 2020 schedule, including its first trip to Cyprus for two consecutive events. Tour officials also con...
Aug 28, 2020
EU set to sanction Turkey over ships in disputed east Med exploration area
By Andreas Rinke and Robin Emmott BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is preparing sanctions against Turkey that could be discussed at the bloc's next summit on Sept. 24 in response to the ...
Aug 28, 2020
U.S. to hold high-level talks with Australia, Japan and India
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans high-level talks with its "Quad" security partners from India, Australia and Japan in September and October, President Donald Trump's national security a...
Aug 28, 2020
Pandemic hampers search for missing persons in Latin America: International Red Cross
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Restrictions on movement because of the coronavirus have put the brakes on the search for thousands of disappeared people across Latin America, the Internationa...
Aug 28, 2020
