Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil environment ministry to stop fighting deforestation in the Amazon
BRASILIA (Reuters) - All operations to combat illegal logging in the Amazon will be halted starting on Monday due to insufficient funds, Brazil's Environment Ministry said in a statement on Friday. Th...
Aug 28, 2020
Volunteers are new face of disaster recovery in United States
By Laura Sanicola and Ernest Scheyder STARKS, La. (Reuters) - Travis Maher, a 46-year-old Texas firefighter, knew the drill on Monday when he was told to prepare for possible waterborne rescues and as...
Aug 28, 2020
Sao Paulo to provide vaccine to its people even without federal govt help: governor
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo will roll out a vaccination program to its population even without federal government assistance, governor Joao Doria told Reuters in an intervie...
Aug 28, 2020
Raonic stuns Tsitsipas to reach Western & Southern Open final
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Canadian Milos Raonic harnessed his monster serve to upset Greek world number six Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(5) 6-3 on Friday to reach the final of the Western & Southern Open. The wi...
Aug 28, 2020
U.S. executes fifth federal prisoner after 17-year pause
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government executed Keith Nelson, a convicted child murderer, on Friday afternoon in its fifth execution since it resumed capital punishment this summer after a 17-year h...
Aug 28, 2020
Exclusive: Most U.S. states reject Trump administration’s new COVID-19 testing guidance
By Carl O'Donnell, Vishwadha Chander and Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) - A majority of U.S. states have rejected new Trump administration COVID-19 testing guidance in an extraordinary rebuke of the nat...
Aug 28, 2020
Brazilian airline Azul may shun government bailout, eyes private credit
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian airline Azul SA may forego a bailout package offered by state bank BNDES, as the company believes it will be able to get credit at more favorable terms in the private s...
Aug 28, 2020
Party’s over for two TikTok stars charged in Los Angeles for pandemic parties
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two TikTok stars were charged on Friday for throwing parties in Los Angeles that flouted coronavirus restrictions on large gatherings. Bryce Hall, 21, and Blake Gray, 19, were ...
Aug 28, 2020
Value bulls bang drum for cheap stock resurgence on Fed, vaccine hopes
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - As U.S. stocks hit record highs, some investors are betting the market's future gains will be increasingly driven by some of its lesser-loved companies. Value st...
Aug 28, 2020
Argentina eyes tax on the rich to raise $4 billion for pandemic response
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's government is looking to raise around 300 billion pesos ($4 billion) through a one-off tax on the super-rich, in order to help pay for the coronavirus response, su...
Aug 28, 2020
