Author Archives: Syndicated Content
ATP launches partnerships to help players with mental health, well-being
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The men's tennis tour has joined up with Sporting Chance and Headspace to help players and its staff deal with mental health problems and look after their well-being during the COVI...
May 20, 2020
Switzerland allocates $310 million to get access to coronavirus vaccine
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's interior ministry and defence department will lead efforts to get COVID-19 vaccine, the government said on Wednesday, estimating costs of 300 million Swiss francs ($31...
May 20, 2020
Singapore to allow travellers to transit through airport from June 2
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore, a regional travel and tourism hub, will gradually allow travellers to transit through its Changi Airport from June 2, the city-state's aviation regulator said on Wedne...
May 20, 2020
German court ends diesel case against Volkswagen CEO, Chairman
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court said on Wednesday it was ending proceedings against the chairman and chief executive of Volkswagen AG after the carmaker agreed to pay a fine of 9 million euros ($9.9...
May 20, 2020
Roll up, roll up: Hungarian circus beats virus by becoming safari park
By Balazs Kaufmann and Krisztina Fenyo SZADA, Hungary (Reuters) - Like many business owners, Jozsef Richter has had to shut his circus during Hungary's lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavi...
May 20, 2020
Kenya floods uproot families, disrupt fishing, farming communities
LAKE VICTORIA, Kenya (Reuters) - Grandmother Millicent Agata's small farm has disappeared entirely under the floodwaters of a swollen Lake Victoria, forcing her family to join tens of thousands of oth...
May 20, 2020
Britain sets out post-Brexit border plans with Northern Ireland
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday it saw no need for new customs infrastructure with Northern Ireland as it unveiled its proposals for how the border with the province would work next year ...
May 20, 2020
U.S. Senator Rubio: Consensus seen to give companies more time for PPP loans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There appears to be agreement in Washington to give companies more time to utilize their coronavirus aid under the Paycheck Protection Program, the head of the U.S. Senate's sma...
May 20, 2020
Rural Ecuador faces coronavirus outbreak without doctors
By Santiago Arcos and Vicente Gaibor Del Pino CHANDUY, Ecuador (Reuters) - When a group of villagers in the Ecuadorean fishing community of El Real came down with coughs and fevers in early April, nob...
May 20, 2020
China’s Wuhan says conducted 856,128 COVID-19 tests on Tuesday
BEIJING (Reuters) - The city of Wuhan, the original epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak, conducted 856,128 tests for the disease on Tuesday, the local health authority said on Wednesday, compare...
May 20, 2020
