Author Archives: Syndicated Content
American seders go online on a Passover night different from all others
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Esther Greenberg loves watching her children and grandchildren gather around the Passover seder table and slurp her matzoh ball soup. "Seeing everybody who is ...
Apr 04, 2020
Trump says will ask Congress for more small business funds if money runs out
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would ask Congress for more money to make loans to small businesses struggling with the economic fallout from the coronavirus out...
Apr 04, 2020
EU approves coronavirus state support for Portugal, Poland, Greece
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has approved a series of multi-billion-euro state support packages for Greece, Poland and Portugal to help soften the economic impact of the coronavirus th...
Apr 04, 2020
Top U.S. watchdog vows ‘aggressive’ oversight of Trump administration after intel firing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. federal watchdog vowed on Saturday to continue to conduct "aggressive" independent oversight of government agencies, after President Donald Trump fired the inspecto...
Apr 04, 2020
Singapore reports 75 new coronavirus cases in biggest daily rise
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry reported 75 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the city-state's biggest daily increase, as local infections spiked. Singapore has reported a total of ...
Apr 04, 2020
Why U.S. hospitals see promise in plasma from new coronavirus patients
(Reuters) - U.S. hospitals desperate to help very sick patients with COVID-19, the highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus, are trying a treatment first used in the 18...
Apr 04, 2020
Austrian coronavirus infection growth slows significantly: health ministry
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's daily growth of COVID-19 infections has decreased to a single digit percentage range from 40 percent three weeks ago as restrictions on people's movement and the closure o...
Apr 04, 2020
At least I can be Wimbledon champion for two years, says Halep
(Reuters) - Simon Halep is trying to look on the bright side regarding the suspension of the tennis season due to the coronavirus pandemic, which means at least she will be referred to as reigning Wim...
Apr 04, 2020
Saudi authorities lock down several Jeddah neighborhoods
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi authorities announced a lockdown and a partial curfew in seven neighborhoods of the Red Sea city of Jeddah, starting on Saturday, as part of measures to contain the new corona...
Apr 04, 2020
Hungary prepares $30 billion coronavirus package to jump-start economy
By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary is preparing to announce a roughly $30 billion package of measures to help jump-start the economy, a top government official said on Saturday, as the coron...
Apr 04, 2020
