Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Syria slow to free prisoners despite coronavirus risk in crowded jails: rights groups
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria is dragging its feet on releasing prisoners under an amnesty declared by President Bashar al-Assad, raising fears of mass infections if the new coronavir...
Apr 06, 2020
2020 Open Championship cancelled due to coronavirus
(Reuters) - The 149th Open Championsip due to be played at Royal St George's from July 16-19 has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, golf's governing body the R&A announced on Monday. "The...
Apr 06, 2020
Slovak court sentences journalist’s killer to 23 years in prison
By Tomas Mrva BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - A Slovak court on Monday sentenced former soldier Miroslav Marcek to 23 years in prison for shooting and killing investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiance...
Apr 06, 2020
Odd number in India coronavirus testing data sparks questions
By Alexandra Ulmer MUMBAI (Reuters) - A statistical oddity in India's new coronavirus testing numbers has sparked questions about the country's data management. Every day for over a week in late March...
Apr 06, 2020
Kenya halts movement in areas affected by the coronavirus
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday ordered a halt to all movement in parts of the country affected by the new coronavirus, including the capital Nairobi, a tightening of mea...
Apr 06, 2020
U.S. designates Russia-based ultranationalist group as terrorist organisation: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is designating a Russia-based ultranationalist group called the Russian Imperial Movement as a terrorist organisation, a senior State Department official told ...
Apr 06, 2020
Torn between duty and fear – an Italian doctor fights coronavirus
By Fabiano Franchitti ROME (Reuters) - Cecilia Bartalena, a doctor treating coronavirus victims, lives in terror - torn between the oath she has taken to heal the sick and the fear that she might infe...
Apr 06, 2020
Acting U.S. Navy chief says fired ship captain may have been ‘stupid’: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, in a surprise speech aboard a coronavirus-stricken U.S. aircraft carrier, told the crew that their fired captain may have been "stupid,"...
Apr 06, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear religious clash on Washington transit ads
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a religious rights dispute brought by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington against the Washington ar...
Apr 06, 2020
Florida, Nevada may be hit hardest by coronavirus economic shock: study
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Florida beaches remained packed with partying college students as the coronavirus crisis gathered force, and the Republican governor was slow to impose socia...
Apr 06, 2020
