FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s accounting watchdog has denied blame for failing to spot problems at collapsed payments company Wirecard, the latest in a series of agencies to shirk responsibility after the country’s biggest accounting scandal. . FILE PHOTO: The logo of Wirecard AG, an independent provider of outsourcing and private …
Read More »As US coronavirus cases skyrocket, White House touts economic recovery, ‘safe’ reopens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After days of record spikes in new COVID-19 cases and hospitals warning that they could run out of beds, President Donald Trump’s White House tried Thursday to convey that all was well in the battle against the coronavirus and touted efforts to get the US economy moving …
Read More »As US coronavirus cases skyrocket, White House touts economic recovery, ‘safe’ reopens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After days of record spikes in new COVID-19 cases and hospitals warning that they could run out of beds, President Donald Trump’s White House tried Thursday to convey that all was well in the battle against the coronavirus and touted efforts to get the US economy moving …
Read More »Botswana investigates the mysterious deaths of at least 275 elephants
GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana is investigating an increasing number of unexplained elephant deaths, having confirmed that 275 had died, compared to 154 two weeks ago, the government said on Thursday. A dead elephant is seen in this undated brochure image in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, May-June 2020. PHOTOS OBTAINED BY …
Read More »Reopens stagnate as the US records nearly 50,000 cases of COVID-19 in a single day
(Reuters) – The governors of the US states most affected by the coronavirus resurgence halted or reversed steps to reopen their economies on Wednesday, led by California, the nation’s most populous state and a new epicenter of the pandemic. New cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, skyrocketed …
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