Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In Philippine slums, heat, hunger take a toll under lockdown
By Eloisa Lopez MANILA (Reuters) - One by one, Michelle Asinto's six children take the plate of rice doused in soy sauce and eat their share before passing it on. This is what a meal can look like in ...
May 25, 2020
Finland to spend 100 million euros on coronavirus protection
(Reuters) - Finland said on Monday it plans to place between June and August orders for protective equipment and respirators worth 100 million euros ($109 million) to fight the coronavirus and prepare...
May 25, 2020
Patriotic Poles led astray by mis-labelled Ukrainian cucumbers
WARSAW (Reuters) - Seeking to appeal to patriotic Poles, local supermarket Biedronka has been mis-labelling goods including Belgian carrots and Ukrainian cucumbers as home grown, Poland's anti-monopol...
May 25, 2020
Hospital in English tourist town stops taking patients due to COVID spike
LONDON (Reuters) - A hospital in southwest England has temporarily stopped admitting new patients, including to its emergency department, because of a high number of coronavirus cases, it said on Mond...
May 25, 2020
Mother of Dutch PM has died at age 96 : government statement
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Monday his mother had died at the age of 96 on May 13. "My family and I are grateful to have had her with us for so long," Rutte said in a...
May 25, 2020
Dutch government: second case of mink transmitting coronavirus to human
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch agriculture ministry on Monday said it had found what it believes to be a second case of a human becoming infected with the new coronavirus after coming in contact with...
May 25, 2020
Gym closures force Kenyan sports champions to train by roadside
KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya taekwondo champion Vincent Ochieng usually trains in school sports halls in Kisumu, but now he is working out with hundreds of other people on the gritty surface of the...
May 25, 2020
Myanmar updates top U.N. court on measures to protect Rohingya minority
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Myanmar has filed a first report with the U.N.'s highest court on its adherence to measures imposed in January to protect the Muslim minority Rohingya, the court said on Monday. ...
May 25, 2020
EU eyes first face-to-face summit in months to haggle over budget
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU leaders may meet for a face-to-face summit in the coming weeks to bargain over the next joint budget and a linked coronavirus recovery fund, suspending lo...
May 25, 2020
Singapore’s APL England loses cargo in heavy Australian seas
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Singapore-flagged cargo ship lost at least 40 containers in deep waters off the coast of Sydney when they fell overboard in heavy seas, maritime officials said on Monday. The vess...
May 25, 2020
