Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China reports nine new mainland coronavirus cases, all imported
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported nine new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Friday, the same number as the previous day, with all of them travelling into the country from overseas, the national hea...
Aug 28, 2020
Inspection head Coates praises Abe for Tokyo preparedness
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Influential Olympics official John Coates praised Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday for his work in getting Tokyo ready for the now delayed 2020 Olympic Games and said h...
Aug 28, 2020
McIlroy and Cantlay share lead at challenging Olympia Fields
(Reuters) - Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay were tied for the lead at one-under par after the second round of the BMW Championship on Friday as the Olympia Fields Country Club continued to torment th...
Aug 28, 2020
Mexico records 5,824 new coronavirus cases, 552 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Friday reported 5,824 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 552 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 585,738 case...
Aug 28, 2020
Activist lawyer Wolosky sues Williams Cos over poison pill
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Lawyer Steve Wolosky usually helps activist investors like Starboard Value take on corporate America. Now he is taking center stage himself, wading into a gov...
Aug 28, 2020
Trump says people protesting in Washington Thursday were ‘thugs’
MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday branded as "thugs" people who protested in Washington on Thursday night as he gave his presidential nomination acceptance speech to t...
Aug 28, 2020
UK head teachers concerned about COVID test and trace scheme: survey
LONDON (Reuters) - Almost 70% of head teachers do not have confidence in the UK government's test, trace and isolate system ahead of the return of millions of school children next week, a new survey o...
Aug 28, 2020
UK eases COVID-19 lockdown in parts of Northern England
(Reuters) - Britain's health ministry said on Friday coronavirus-related restrictions on two households mixing would be lifted in parts of Greater Manchester, Lancashire and West Yorkshire from Sept. ...
Aug 28, 2020
Leonard Cohen’s estate slams Republicans’ use of ‘Hallelujah’ as bid to politicize
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The estate of Leonard Cohen said on Friday it was considering legal action over the use of the Canadian singer's "Hallelujah" at the Republican National Convention (RNC), calli...
Aug 28, 2020
Relatives bury Nicaraguan laborer whose death sparked migrant-work debate in Europe
By Oswaldo Rivas and Ismael Lopez JINOTEGA, Nicaragua/MANAGUA (Reuters) - Grieving relatives in northern Nicaragua on Friday buried the body of a Nicaraguan agricultural laborer whose death from a hea...
Aug 28, 2020
