Author Archives: Syndicated Content
On this day: Born May 3, 1942: Vera Caslavska, Czech gymnast
By Michael Kahn (Reuters) - When Vera Caslavska bowed her head and turned away in protest at the Soviet anthem during the 1968 Olympics, the Czech gymnast cemented her place as not only one of the cou...
May 02, 2020
India makes government tracing app mandatory for all workers
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has mandated that all public and private sector employees use a government-backed Bluetooth tracing app and maintain social distancing in offices as Ne...
May 02, 2020
Harbin city shuts eateries, coronavirus curbs ease elsewhere in China
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A northeastern Chinese city of 10 million people struggling with currently the country's biggest coronavirus cluster shut dine-in services on Saturday, as the rest of Chin...
May 02, 2020
Tesla to extend furlough for some employees by another week: internal email
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc told furloughed employees on Friday that they will remain out of work for at least another week, postponing a plan to resume normal operations on May 4 at its San Francisco vehic...
May 02, 2020
U.S. court dismisses New York nurses’ plea for COVID-19 protection
(Reuters) - A U.S. District Court on Friday dismissed a nurse association's plea against New York state and two hospitals to provide safety equipment and adopt measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 ...
May 02, 2020
Small coronavirus outbreak at Australian meat factory as cases keep dropping
By Lidia Kelly REUTERS (Reuters) - A small coronavirus cluster has emerged at a meat factory in the Australian state of Victoria, health officials said on Saturday, as parts of the country started eas...
May 02, 2020
Thailand reports six new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported six new coronavirus cases and no new deaths on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to 2,966. New daily infections have stayed in the single digits for si...
May 02, 2020
Singapore to ease some coronavirus curbs over next few weeks
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will start easing some curbs put in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus over the next few weeks, authorities said on Saturday, as the city-state takes the fi...
May 01, 2020
New ABB CEO Rosengren outlines decentralisation plan: NZZ
ZURICH (Reuters) - ABB's new Chief Executive Bjorn Rosengren is determined to decentralise the Swiss engineering group to improve its performance, he told Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung in an i...
May 01, 2020
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 945 to 161,703: RKI
(Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany rose by 945 to 161,703, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday. The death toll rose by 94...
May 01, 2020
