Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Typhoon Maysak hits waterlogged Koreas with heavy rain, wind
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - Heavy winds and rain lashed much of the Korean peninsula Thursday after Typhoon Maysak made landfall, even as damage from a previous typhoon last week was still being r...
Sep 02, 2020
Actor Dwayne Johnson says he and family have recovered from COVID-19
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pro-wrestler turned Hollywood actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said in a video message posted on social media on Wednesday that he, his wife and their two young children tested ...
Sep 02, 2020
Dollar bounce holds as traders trim short bets
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar clung to overnight gains on Thursday, as investors trimmed bets against the greenback and sold the euro on concerns that the European Central Bank was...
Sep 02, 2020
Factbox: The masks of Naomi Osaka at the U.S. Open
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former champion Naomi Osaka is wearing a different facemask for each of her matches at the U.S. Open this year. They each carry the name of a Black American and aim to highlight r...
Sep 02, 2020
Former New York Mets star pitcher Tom Seaver dies at 75
(Reuters) - Tom Seaver, the Hall-of-Fame baseball pitcher who lead the New York Mets to the 1969 World Series championship, has died at the age of 75, the franchise said on Twitter. "Tom was nicknamed...
Sep 02, 2020
Japan’s August service sector activity worsens as pandemic stymies recovery
(Reuters) - Activity in Japan's services sector contracted at a faster pace in August for the firs time in four months, as uncertainty from the coronavirus pandemic weighed on sentiment, hurting busin...
Sep 02, 2020
Motorcycle rider who attended Sturgis rally dies of COVID; hair salons open in L.A.
By Dan Whitcomb and Sharon Bernstein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A motorcycle rider who traveled to the Sturgis rally in August has died of COVID-19 as infections rise in parts of the Midwest, Minnesota h...
Sep 02, 2020
Top Fed staffer, whose research helped guide policy in recent years, dies
(Reuters) - Thomas Laubach, the head of the Fed division overseeing monetary policy, died on Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at age 55, just days after the release of a new central bank strategy whose ...
Sep 02, 2020
Venezuela opposition must stop pretending to be government, Capriles says
By Brian Ellsworth and Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition must stop "playing at government" and start focusing on elections, two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles said...
Sep 02, 2020
Mexico records 4,921 new coronavirus cases, 575 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Wednesday reported 4,921 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 575 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 610,957 c...
Sep 02, 2020
