Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK’s Queen Elizabeth invokes WW2 spirit: we can defeat the coronavirus
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth told the British people on Sunday that they would overcome the coronavirus outbreak if they stayed resolute in the face of lockdown and self-isolat...
Apr 05, 2020
UAE to boost strategic stockpile, waive visa fines over coronavirus
By Alaa Swilam DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates will reinforce its stockpile of strategic goods and waive residency visa fines for the rest of the year in response to the coronavirus outbrea...
Apr 05, 2020
British postman delivers fancy dress joy to isolating residents
LONDON (Reuters) - British postman Glen Walton has delivered letters and parcels dressed as a robber, a wrestler, a princess and Pokemon character Pikachu to cheer up residents stuck in their houses w...
Apr 05, 2020
France’s coronavirus daily death toll slows: health ministry
PARIS (Reuters) - France's daily death toll from the novel coronavirus fell in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Sunday. The health ministry data showed that 357 people died from COVID-19...
Apr 05, 2020
Coronavirus divides lovers, friends at Swiss-German border fences
By John Miller KREUZLINGEN, Switzerland (Reuters) - Constance, Germany, and Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, are divided cities these days, with a strip of grass and two fences separating them after the coun...
Apr 05, 2020
‘Solidarity in Europe’: Norway to send team to Italy to help fight COVID-19
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway will send a team of medical and logistical staff to Italy's Lombardy region to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oslo government said on Sunday. The deployment is planned t...
Apr 05, 2020
Ireland’s PM returns to medical practice to help in coronavirus crisis
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's prime minister Leo Varadkar has re-registered as a medical practitioner and will work one shift a week to help out during the coronavirus crisis, a spokesman for his offic...
Apr 05, 2020
Indians light lamps to challenge darkness of coronavirus crisis
By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) - Millions of Indians switched off their lights and came out onto their balconies and doorsteps with lamps, candles and flashlights on Sunday, responding to Prime M...
Apr 05, 2020
Turkey’s coronavirus death toll reaches 574 with 27,069 cases: minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's death toll from the new coronavirus rose by 73 on Saturday to total 574, and new confirmed cases rose by 3,135 to bring the country's total to 27,069, Health Minister Fah...
Apr 05, 2020
Czech Republic to treat six French COVID-19 patients
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will treat six COVID-19 patients from France at a university hospital in its second largest city Brno to help alleviate pressure on the French medical system, Pri...
Apr 05, 2020
