Athletics meetings to feature 'pioneering' artificial crowd noise - Reuters
(Reuters) - Several Diamond League athletics meetings this season will use a pioneering system that will faithfully reproduce crowd noise to make up for the lack of spectators caused by COVID-19 safety precautions, the sport’s governing body said on Friday.
World Athletics said in a statement
Habs' Julien heads home after heart procedure - Reuters
Canadiens coach Claude Julien is heading home to Montreal to rest Friday after doctors inserted a stent into his coronary artery.
The 60-year-old is expected to make
U.S. business inventories decline further in June - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business inventories declined again in June as sales continued to accelerate amid pent-up demand as establishments reopened after being shuttered to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Business inventories fell 1.1% in June after decreasing 2.3% in May, the U.
Top U.S. homeland security appointments improper, government watchdog says - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The appointments of two top homeland security officials in the Trump administration were improper, a U.S. government watchdog said on Friday in a decision that could complicate the administration’s efforts to defend immigration policies in court.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the appointments of Chad Wolf, acting secretary of homeland security, and Ken Cuccinelli, acting deputy secretary of homeland security, did not follow processes outlined in federal law. The GAO, which provides nonpartisan information
Germany declares most of Spain a virus risk region - Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany declared nearly all of Spain, including the tourist island of Mallorca, a coronavirus risk region following a spike in cases there.
The move deals a blow to hopes for a swift revival of mass tourism after months of lockdown all but wiped out this year’s high season in Europe.
The Bild daily had reported earlier that Mallorca had been added to the list of high-risk regions published by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany’s public health agency.
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Greece rolls out more restrictions to fight rising COVID infections - Reuters
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece set a temporary 50-person limit on public gatherings on Friday and said restaurants and bars in Athens and other areas must close by midnight, as the country seeks to contain a recent spike in COVID-19 infections.
Travel restrictions to be extended at U.S. land borders, DHS says - Reuters
WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) - The United States will extend to a ban on non-essential travel at land borders with Canada and Mexico for another 30 days as several states struggle to contain a coronavirus outbreak, a top U.S. official confirmed Friday.
U.S. judge rejects GM bid to reopen racketeering case against Fiat Chrysler - Reuters
(Reuters) - A federal judge in Detroit on Friday rejected a bid by General Motors Co to reinstate a racketeering lawsuit against its smaller rival Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA).
GM claimed it had new information on foreign accounts used in an alleged bribery scheme involving FCA and leaders of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union. But
Trump says ready to push out coronavirus aid, blames Democrats for holdup - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is ready to move stimulus money into a U.S. economy hard hit by the coronavirus crisis, but blamed Democrats for holding up a deal in talks that broke down a week ago.
The Republican-led Senate and Democratic-controlled House of Representatives went into an informal recess after last week’s negotiations ended with the parties $2 trillion apart. However, the leaders of both parties said they could recall their members with 24 hours notice
Trump says ready to move on coronavirus aid, blames Democrats for holdup - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is ready to move stimulus money into a U.S. economy hard hit by the coronavirus crisis, but blamed Democrats for holding up a deal in talks that broke down a week ago.
The Republican-led Senate and Democratic-controlled House of Representatives went into an informal recess after last week’s negotiations ended with the parties $2 trillion apart. However, the leaders of both parties said they could recall their members with 24 hours notice