Author Archives: Syndicated Content
From settlement to counselling, Taiwan promises help for fleeing Hong Kongers
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan on Thursday promised to settle Hong Kongers who flee the Chinese-ruled city due to political reasons, offering help from employment to counselling as China pushe...
May 28, 2020
On this day: Born May 29, 1939: Al Unser Sr., American racing driver
(Reuters) - When Al Unser took a show car off the floor of a hotel lobby and drove it to victory at the 1987 Indianapolis 500 he not only joined the Brickyard's most exclusive club of four-time winner...
May 28, 2020
Texas Supreme Court blocks ruling that expanded voting by mail
(Reuters) - The Texas Supreme Court blocked on Wednesday a decision that allowed mail-in balloting for voters who feared for their health because of the novel coronavirus outbreak. "We agree with the ...
May 28, 2020
German economy likely to shrink 6.6% this year due to coronavirus: Ifo
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German economy is likely to shrink by 6.6% this year as a consequence of the coronavirus crisis before growing by 10.2% in 2021, the Ifo Institute said on Thursday in its latest...
May 28, 2020
A pandemic nurse’s love letter to New York
By Shannon Stapleton and Clare Baldwin NEOSHO, Mo. (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has restricted almost everyone's freedoms in America but for Meghan Lindsey it has done the opposite. This is th...
May 28, 2020
French finance minister hopes for deal on EU’s 750 billion euro recovery plan in coming weeks
PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told France 2 television on Thursday that he hoped the European Union could reach a deal on the EU's planned 750 billion euros ($826.1 billion)...
May 28, 2020
Trump’s executive order targets political bias at Twitter and Facebook: draft
By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected Twitter, Facebook and Alphabet's Google from bein...
May 28, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Test and trace England launches its COVID-19 test and trace programme on Thursday with a task force of 40,000 specialists to t...
May 28, 2020
Turkey resumes intercity train services as coronavirus curbs ease
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey begun operating intercity trains on Thursday after a two-month gap, as it gradually eases coronavirus curbs in a bid to restore normal life and reopen an economy facing the t...
May 28, 2020
Australia’s Stawell Gift cancelled for first time since WW2
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Stawell Gift, Australia's oldest and richest handicap footrace, has been cancelled for the first time since 1945 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Thursday...
May 28, 2020
