NEW YORK (Reuters) – US investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc is adopting a performance appraisal system that will rate up to 10% of its 39,000 employees as underperforming this year, according to an internal memo sent Monday, which It could generate more job cuts in 2021 than the bank …
Read More »Miami medical teams feel helpless as COVID-19 devastates South Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) – As the coronavirus ravages Florida, healthcare workers in Miami hospitals struggle to cope with the emotional and physical impact of treating a crushing wave of COVID-19 patients. After seeing 10,000 new cases a day become the statewide norm in July, many of those on the front line …
Read More »Citing his own weight battle, the Prime Minister urges Britain to get in shape
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson used his own-weight struggle on Monday to urge the British to get in shape and tackle widespread obesity that could increase coronavirus risks. FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Great Britain on July 22, 2020. REUTERS / …
Read More »Cat tests positive for coronavirus in England
LONDON (Reuters) – A pet cat tested positive for the new coronavirus causing COVID-19 in England, the government said in the first confirmed case of an animal infected with the virus in Britain on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Cats sleep in the village of Krompach, near the city of Cvikov, Czech …
Read More »Hundreds clog the airport when evacuations from Vietnam’s Danang begin
HANOI (Reuters) – The airport in the central Vietnamese resort town of Danang filled up on Monday after three residents tested positive for the coronavirus and began evacuating 80,000 people. The Southeast Asian country is on high alert after authorities confirmed the community’s first infections since Saturday, and three other …
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