Author Archives: Syndicated Content
South Korea plans for coronavirus cash handouts for second time: finance minister
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's finance minister on Tuesday said the government and ruling party will need to provide cash handouts to some households as tightened social distancing policy is causing ...
Sep 01, 2020
Colombia confirmed COVID-19 deaths top 20,000
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Confirmed deaths in Colombia due to COVID-19 topped 20,000 on Tuesday as cases surpassed 624,000, the health ministry said in its daily update. The Andean country has so far reporte...
Sep 01, 2020
U.S. Open order of play on Wednesday
(Reuters) - Order of play on the main show courts on the third day of the U.S. Open on Wednesday (play starts at 1500 GMT/11 AM ET unless stated, prefix number denotes seeding): Arthur Ashe Stadium (1...
Sep 01, 2020
U.S. seeks Mexico talks over perishable imports in bid bolster U.S. farmers: USTR
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday announced plans to seek senior-level talks with Mexico over imports of perishable imports as part of a broader series of actions meant to bol...
Sep 01, 2020
Australia’s Victoria state reports 90 new COVID-19 cases, six deaths
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's coronavirus hot spot of Victoria on Wednesday reported six deaths from the virus in the last 24 hours and 90 new cases of infections. The country's second most populous ...
Sep 01, 2020
India’s Nagal heads into Thiem challenge with ‘nothing to lose’
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sumit Nagal, who became the first Indian to win a singles match at the U.S. Open in seven years when he beat Bradley Klahn on Tuesday, is counting on his underdog status to give h...
Sep 01, 2020
Chile trucker strike snarls shipments of salmon, fruit and grain
By Aislinn Laing, Natalia A. Ramos Miranda and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A strike by Chile truckers is hitting exports of salmon, fruit, meat and wine from the South American food producer t...
Sep 01, 2020
Brazil nears four million coronavirus cases, death toll at 122,596: health ministry
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil reported 42,659 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,215 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Brazil h...
Sep 01, 2020
Charlie Hebdo attack accomplices face trial five years on
PARIS (Reuters) - The Islamist gunmen who struck the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish store, killing 17, are dead but on Wednesday, five years after the attack that marked the onset of a wave of Is...
Sep 01, 2020
Pompeo: ‘Cold War analogy has some relevance’ with China but challenges different
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday a "Cold War analogy has some relevance," when talking about relations with China, but the challenges are different. "This is ...
Sep 01, 2020
