Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Congo gives mines month to release confined workers
(Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo has given copper and cobalt mining companies a month to stop confining workers on site away from their families to stop the spread of coronavirus, the labo...
Jul 14, 2020
Germany’s Merkel declines to endorse Bavarian state premier as successor
BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel, asked if she thought Bavarian Premier Markus Soeder was a strong candidate to succeed her as German chancellor, declined to comment directly, saying only that Bavaria...
Jul 14, 2020
Ukraine moves to end ban on gambling to boost revenues
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday ending a decade-long ban on gambling in a move aimed at boosting budget revenues by almost $150 million a year. Ukraine's economy has bee...
Jul 14, 2020
AstraZeneca ties up with IQVIA to speed up studies of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
(Reuters) - Life sciences company IQVIA Holdings Inc said on Tuesday it would collaborate with AstraZeneca Plc to speed up clinical studies of the British drugmaker's potential COVID-19 vaccine in the...
Jul 14, 2020
No New Year pilgrimage to Ukraine for Israeli Jews this year
KYIV (Reuters) - Israeli Hasidic Jews will have to forego an annual pilgrimage to the central Ukrainian town of Uman this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the town's mayor has said. Every Jew...
Jul 14, 2020
Movie gives Eric Garner’s family the trial they never got
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Art is giving Eric Garner's family the trial the U.S. justice system never provided them. "American Trial: The Eric Garner Story" depicts the trial that did not h...
Jul 14, 2020
Malian accused of Timbuktu war crimes refuses to enter plea
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A Malian Islamist rebel accused of being central to the "persecution" of residents of Timbuktu and the destruction of the city's holy grounds refused to...
Jul 14, 2020
Yemen starts forced transfers of Ethiopian migrants, IOM says
GENEVA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of migrants, mostly Ethiopians, are stranded in Yemen and at least 14,500 have been rounded up and forcibly transferred internally amid fears migrants contribute t...
Jul 14, 2020
Philippines to use police in house-to-house searches for COVID-19 cases
By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine authorities and police will carry out house-to-house searches for COVID-19 patients to prevent wider transmission, a minister said o...
Jul 14, 2020
Virgin Atlantic agrees private-only $1.5 billion restructuring plan
LONDON (Reuters) - British airline Virgin Atlantic said on Tuesday it had agreed a private-only restructuring package with shareholders and creditors worth 1.2 billion pounds ($1.5 billion) to secure ...
Jul 14, 2020
