Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fed says Powell has been working from home, observing mask and distance protocols
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has been working from home while also following masking and social distancing protocols when in public, and has not felt it necessary to take...
Oct 02, 2020
U.S. drillers add oil and gas rigs for third week in a row – Baker Hughes
By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a third week in a row for the first time since October 2018 after price increases in recent months prompted...
Oct 02, 2020
France reports more than 12,000 new coronavirus infections
PARIS (Reuters) - The French health ministry on Friday reported 12,148 new confirmed coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, lower than Thursday's 13,970 and well below highs of over 16,000 see...
Oct 02, 2020
Canada’s Quebec reports more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada's Quebec province reported more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, a resurgence of infections despite recent measures aimed at limiting social gatherings blamed for t...
Oct 02, 2020
Seizing art: One African man’s protest against colonial ‘pillagers’
By Yiming Woo PARIS (Reuters) - In June, Mwazulu Diyabanza stood in a Paris museum next to a 19th century funerary post from central Africa, and berated France for taking it and tens of thousands of o...
Oct 02, 2020
Russia records 9.6% more deaths in August year-on-year: stats agency
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia recorded 157,181 deaths in August, up 9.6% or 13,787 cases on the same month the previous year, the state statistics service Rosstat showed on Friday. Of these cases, Russia ...
Oct 02, 2020
South American qualifiers pose significant risks for players, says union
By Brian Homewood BERN (Reuters) - The decision to play South American World Cup qualifiers this month poses significant risks, the global footballers' union FIFPRO said on Friday as it warned that ar...
Oct 02, 2020
Britain’s Northumbria University suffers mass COVID-19 outbreak
LONDON (Reuters) - Northumbria University, in northeast England, said on Friday it has been hit by a mass outbreak of COVID-19 with at least 770 students testing positive for the virus. COVID-19 outbr...
Oct 02, 2020
F1 faces fundamental questions after Honda pullout
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Stefano Domenicali will have some fundamental questions to address when he takes over as Formula One chief executive in January, starting with the relevance of the s...
Oct 02, 2020
Venezuela receives shipment of Russian Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela has received a shipment of the Russian-made Sputnik-V vaccine against the coronavirus, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said on Friday. The delivery is the first...
Oct 02, 2020
