Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EASTER SUNDAY COVID REPORT: ONE MORE CASE IN COUNTY; 128 IN STATE
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, WI (WHBL) - As traditions were set aside and families were forced to find new ways to celebrate one of the most Holy days in Christendom, the cold numbers ...
Apr 12, 2020
Oil agreement could support stocks, providing a floor
By Sinad Carew (Reuters) - An agreement by oil producing nations to cut output by a record amount may sustain a recent bounce in stocks, though stay-at-home restrictions and closures tied to the coron...
Apr 12, 2020
From an empty church, Venezuela cardinal leads Instagram Easter Mass
By Brian Ellsworth CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan Cardinal Baltazar Porras led Easter Mass on Sunday from an empty church, offering a sermon that was broadcast over Instagram to hundreds of people qua...
Apr 12, 2020
EU’s Vestager says EU nations should buy stakes to block Chinese takeovers: FT
(Reuters) - The European Union's competition chief told the Financial Times that member countries should buy stakes in companies to counter the threat of Chinese takeovers, with her comments coming as...
Apr 12, 2020
Turkey’s interior minister says resigns over short-notice coronavirus curfew
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Twitter on Sunday that he was resigning from his post over the implementation of a two-day curfew in major Turkish cities to tack...
Apr 12, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 525,704 coronavirus cases, 20,486 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 525,704 cases of the coronavirus, an increase of 33,288 cases from its previous count, and said the number of d...
Apr 12, 2020
‘Here Comes the Sun’ gets U.S. hospitals through dark days of pandemic
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - The most powerful medicine being used to bolster the morale of New York area healthcare workers at the epicenter of the U.S. novel coronavirus crisis may well ...
Apr 12, 2020
Sudan bans inter-city passenger travel in bid to halt coronavirus
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan announced on Sunday that it was banning all passenger road transport between cities and deploying emergency laws to ensure compliance with measures aimed at stopping the spr...
Apr 12, 2020
Brazilian woman, 97, become country’s oldest coronavirus survivor
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - When 97-year-old Brazilian Gina Dal Colleto was hospitalized on April 1 with coronavirus symptoms, few could have thought she would survive the deadly virus. On Sunday, howe...
Apr 12, 2020
Jordan extends closure of government offices until end of April: government spokesman
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan on Sunday extended a month-long lockdown that has closed schools, universities and government agencies until the end of the month to stem the spread of coronavirus, the govern...
Apr 12, 2020
