Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spray it, don’t say it: Kenya graffiti artists spread health message
By Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) - A six-foot image of a sad-eyed man, baseball cap askew and mask covering his nose and mouth is spray painted on a building in a Nairobi slum. Next to it are the wo...
Apr 23, 2020
Traffic light for bathroom break is new normal in coronavirus Italy
By Matteo Berlenga BASTIA UMBRA, Italy (Reuters) - Simone Mela never dreamed that a traffic light would determine when he could take a bathroom break in the factory where he works. But in the world ac...
Apr 23, 2020
Face masks to strawberries: Abu Dhabi hospital keeps tabs on resources
By Alexander Cornwell ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Dozens of N95 protective face masks hang on a line in a room of an Abu Dhabi hospital to be decontaminated so they can be used again by medical staff should...
Apr 23, 2020
Help is Available For Getting Phone or Internet Services
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - Those needing help locating phone or internet service during the COVID-19 public health emergency are getting some assistance from the Public Service ...
Apr 23, 2020
EMA warns against malaria drugs’ side effects in COVID-19 use
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Union's drug regulator warned again on Thursday against using two older malaria drugs to treat COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, outside trials or national ...
Apr 23, 2020
China’s Hisense to cut about 23% of jobs in Europe
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Chinese household appliances maker Hisense will cut about 2,200 jobs in Europe by the end of the year because of a coronavirus-related demand slump, Slovenia-based Hisense Europe...
Apr 23, 2020
U.N. concerned over ‘grave immediate risk’ to Rohingya refugees on boats
(Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR voiced mounting concern on Thursday over a "grave immediate risk" to Rohingya refugees aboard boats in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, urging Southeast Asi...
Apr 23, 2020
Chinese investors flummoxed by India’s new foreign investment rules
By Aditya Kalra and Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's plan to screen foreign direct investments from neighbouring countries has Chinese firms concerned that such scrutiny will affect their proj...
Apr 23, 2020
Rubin says hitting ‘rock bottom’ will force change in tennis
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - With no tournaments and earning potential on hold, these are worrying times for rank and file tennis players such as Noah Rubin, the American ranked 225th in the AT...
Apr 23, 2020
U.S. economic aid to Greenland draws criticism in Denmark
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - An economic aid package being prepared by the U.S. government to Greenland is drawing criticism in Denmark less than a year after it rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump's offer...
Apr 23, 2020
