Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Poland re-introduces ban on flights from 46 countries
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will ban flights from 46 countries, including France and Spain, as of Sept 2, according to a draft regulation published on Thursday, as the country grapples with a spike in c...
Aug 27, 2020
Voting rights groups ask U.S. judge to require more ballot drop boxes in Ohio
By Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several voting rights' group have asked a federal judge to force Ohio to expand the number of ballot drop boxes in the upcoming presidential election, the lates...
Aug 27, 2020
Tesla shares surge to record high, leaving rivals behind
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Tesla Inc shares continued their meteoric rise on Thursday, scoring yet another record high and further expanding the distance between the Silicon Valley electric carmaker a...
Aug 27, 2020
U.S. stock funds see outflows during week of records: Lipper
(Reuters) - U.S.-based stock funds shed $7.1 billion in the week ended on Wednesday, even as Wall Street's main indexes extended a rally deeper into record territory, according to Lipper. Mutual fund ...
Aug 27, 2020
Laura largely misses U.S. cotton, sugar fields; rains to skip dry Midwest grain belt
By Karl Plume (Reuters) - The U.S. agricultural sector was spared a direct hit from Hurricane Laura on Thursday as the storm veered west of grain export terminals in New Orleans and missed many fields...
Aug 27, 2020
Jailed Turkish lawyer on hunger strike dies in hospital: firm
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish lawyer who was on hunger strike for 238 days following her conviction last year for membership in a terrorist organisation died on Thursday in an Istanbul hospital, acco...
Aug 27, 2020
Gambia president extends state of emergency as COVID-19 cases surge
BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia's President Adama Barrow has extended by 21 days a state of emergency in mainland Africa's smallest nation as coronavirus cases surged, a government statement said on Thursda...
Aug 27, 2020
Netherlands to close mink farms after coronavirus outbreaks
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - More than 100 mink farms in the Netherlands will be ordered closed by March after animals at dozens of locations contracted the coronavirus, Dutch news agency ANP reported on Thu...
Aug 27, 2020
Michigan official slams racial ‘stereotypes’ in mail-voting robocalls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top official in the Michigan, a battleground U.S. election state, on Thursday condemned a computerized phone call campaign for using "racially charged stereotypes" to discoura...
Aug 27, 2020
Penpix of the top men’s contenders at the U.S. Open
(Reuters) - Penpix of the top men's contenders at the 2020 U.S. Open Novak Djokovic (Serbia) World ranking: 1 Born: May 22, 1987 (Age 33) Grand Slam titles: 17 (Australian Open 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013,...
Aug 27, 2020
