Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canada’s total coronavirus deaths edge up by just 2.2% in a day: official data
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The total number of people killed by the coronavirus in Canada rose by just 2.2% to 4,728 on Sunday, one of the lowest daily increases since the pandemic started, official public he...
May 10, 2020
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll and new cases fall
ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 165 on Sunday, against 194 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said as the daily tally of new cases fell to 802 from 1,083 o...
May 10, 2020
WHO suspends staff activity in Yemen’s Houthi-held areas: document
DUBAI (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has suspended staff activity at its hubs in Houthi-held areas of Yemen, a directive seen by Reuters showed, in a move sources said aimed to pressu...
May 10, 2020
EU could open legal case again Germany over ECB bond-purchases ruling: Commission
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission could open a legal case against Germany over a ruling by the country's constitutional court that the European Central Bank had overstepped its mandate with...
May 10, 2020
More than 90% of Tokyo hospital beds for COVID-19 patients filled: government
TOKYO (Reuters) - More than 90 percent of hospital beds secured for COVID-19 patients in Tokyo have already been occupied, the Japanese Health Ministry said on Sunday, underscoring the pressing need t...
May 10, 2020
UK’s coronavirus death toll rises 269 to 31,855: government
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's COVID-19 death toll has risen by 269 to 31,855, according to figures announced on Sunday by the Department of Health. The figures, collated by government agency Public Hea...
May 10, 2020
Mayor killed in ambush in Cameroon’s restive region
PARIS (Reuters) - Separatist gunmen killed the mayor of a town in Cameroon's restive Anglophone South West Region on Sunday, the country's state broadcaster and a senior military official said. Ashu P...
May 10, 2020
Jordan bourse resumes trading with sentiment hit by worries over economy
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's bourse resumed trading on Sunday after a two-month suspension with shares falling across the board, weighed down by investor fears the coronavirus pan...
May 10, 2020
As 2020 presidential contest looms, U.S. Supreme Court mulls power of ‘electors’
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - Bret Chiafalo had his bags packed in the weeks following the 2016 U.S. presidential election. If somehow his gambit worked and Donald Trump were blocked from officially bei...
May 10, 2020
Some Austrian companies abusing COVID-19 short-hours subsidies: finance ministry
ZURICH (Reuters) - Some Austrian companies are abusing state subsidies for staff on short-time working or using illegal workers during the coronavirus pandemic, the finance ministry said on Sunday aft...
May 10, 2020
