Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Malaysia to detain, charge crew of “illegal” Vietnamese boats
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will detain and charge crew members of Vietnamese vessels caught illegally fishing in its waters instead of turning them away as authorities had done previously, the ...
Jun 24, 2020
Mainland China capable of testing 3.78 million people for COVID-19 per day
BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China, in screening for the new coronavirus, is capable of conducting nucleic acid tests on 3.78 million people per day, compared with 1.26 million people in early March, ...
Jun 24, 2020
German minister stresses coronavirus risk despite low infection numbers
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday stressed that the coronavirus remains a risk after the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Tuesday put two municipalitie...
Jun 24, 2020
Singapore’s Grab says puts partnership with Wirecard on hold
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Southeast Asian ride-hailing and payments firm Grab said it had put a partnership with Wirecard on hold till further notice, days after Wirecard disclosed a $2.1 billion financia...
Jun 24, 2020
Turkish soldier killed after coming under fire from across border with Iran
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - One Turkish soldier was killed and two others were wounded in southeast Turkey as they came under fire from the Iranian side of the border, Turkey's Defence Ministry said on Wedne...
Jun 24, 2020
Beware the second coronavirus wave, British medics warn politicians
LONDON (Reuters) - Top medics have warned British political parties that local flare-ups of the novel coronavirus are likely and a second wave is a real risk. "While the future shape of the pandemic i...
Jun 24, 2020
Honduras president needed oxygen to battle coronavirus, doctor says
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez needed oxygen after being hospitalised with the coronavirus last week, a military doctor said, warning that the leader remained in a "...
Jun 24, 2020
Google to invest up to $2 billion in Polish data centre, paper says
WARSAW (Reuters) - Google will invest as much as $2 billion in a data centre in Poland to deal with cloud services, the Puls Biznesu daily said on Wednesday. News of the investment follows an announce...
Jun 24, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: What is a second wave? Waves of infection describe the curve of an outbreak, reflecting a rise and fall in the number of cases...
Jun 24, 2020
Rohingya refugees tell Malaysia how dozens perished during four-month voyage
By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Survivors from a boat crammed with over 300 Rohingya Muslim refugees told Malaysian authorities that dozens of their people perished and their bodies were th...
Jun 24, 2020
