Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tajikistan suspends soccer season over coronavirus
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Tajikistan, one of just a handful nations that had pressed ahead with a soccer season despite the novel coronavirus pandemic, said on Sunday it was suspending games until May 10 a...
Apr 26, 2020
Israel’s Elbit Systems gets $103 million electronic warfare contract
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems said on Sunday it won a contract worth about $103 million to supply electronic warfare (EW) suites for an air force of an Asian country. T...
Apr 26, 2020
On this day: Born April 27, 1952. Ari Vatanen, rally champion
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Ari Vatanen's father died in a car crash while driving his family to a funeral when the future world rally champion was eight years old. The vehicle was new and alth...
Apr 26, 2020
Singapore races to build beds for COVID-19 patients as cases surge
By Edgar Su and John Geddie SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is rapidly building bed space for coronavirus patients in cavernous exhibition halls and other temporary facilities as it faces a surge in c...
Apr 26, 2020
When oil became waste: a week of turmoil for crude, and more pain to come
By David Gaffen (Reuters) - The magnitude of how damaged the energy industry is came into full view on April 20 when the benchmark price of U.S. oil futures , which had never dropped below $10 a barre...
Apr 26, 2020
Thailand reports 15 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Sunday reported 15 new coronavirus cases and no new deaths, bringing the total number of cases since its outbreak in January to 2,922 cases and 51 deaths. Of the new ca...
Apr 25, 2020
Cuba sends doctors to South Africa to combat coronavirus
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba sent 216 healthcare workers to South Africa on Saturday, the latest of more than 20 medical brigades it has sent worldwide to combat the coronavirus pandemic, in what some call...
Apr 25, 2020
Health Canada cautions on use of malaria drugs to treat COVID-19
(Reuters) - Health Canada cautioned on Saturday against the use of malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to prevent or treat COVID-19. The Canadian health department said http://pdf.reuters...
Apr 25, 2020
NBA: Some practice facilities could be opened by Friday – report
(Reuters) - Some NBA practice facilities could re-open as early as Friday, ESPN reports, but that does not mean any resumption of the suspended season is imminent. The NBA was the first major professi...
Apr 25, 2020
Japan’s MUFG bank plans more staff cuts, totalling 8,000 by 2023: Yomiuri
TOKYO (Reuters) - The banking arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc is planning to reduce staffing levels by another 2,000 people by fiscal 2023, the Yomiuri daily reported on Sunday, highlighting...
Apr 25, 2020
