Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on sports events around the world
(Reuters) - Major sports events around the world that are in the process of re-starting or have been rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic: SOCCER For an overview of the state of play in Europe's s...
May 11, 2020
Congo president’s chief of staff denies graft charges as trial begins
By Stanis Bujakera KINSHASA (Reuters) - The chief of staff to Democratic Republic of Congo's president denied all wrongdoing on Monday as his trial on charges of embezzling more than $50 million in pu...
May 11, 2020
South African Airways rescue team to appeal court ruling on layoffs
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Administrators trying save South African Airways (SAA) will appeal a court ruling that ordered them to halt a layoff process, one of the administrators Siviwe Dongwana told Re...
May 11, 2020
How an Argentine family quarantines inside a sailboat near Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Constanza Coll had planned to give up her full-time home aboard a sailboat, currently traveling along the Brazilian coast, in time to give birth to her second child in a pub...
May 11, 2020
Virus brings Cannes Festival ‘stepladder gang’ down to earth
CANNES, France (Reuters) - In a normal year, Joseph Morpelli would be getting ready to plant his stepladder opposite the Cannes Festival venue so he and his fellow diehard fans can get a glimpse of ce...
May 11, 2020
In Canada’s Quebec province, deconfinement takes baby steps with schools re-opening
By Sebastien Malo MONTREAL (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Quebec, where a majority of cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, have been tallied countrywide, re-opened some of i...
May 11, 2020
More countries likely to have credit ratings cut: S&P Global
LONDON (Reuters) - Governments around the world are likely to face more credit rating cuts as the economic cost of the coronavirus continues to take its toll, S&P Global said on Monday. S&P has review...
May 11, 2020
Portugal counts on drones to bolster defences against wildfires during pandemic
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal will use long-range drones and other surveillance means to reinforce the monitoring of summer wildfires, officials said on Monday, responding to concerns...
May 11, 2020
IMF approves $2.77 billion in emergency pandemic aid for Egypt
By Andrea Shalal and Aidan Lewis WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Monday said its executive board approved $2.77 billion in emergency financing to help Egypt grapple wit...
May 11, 2020
Germany’s coronavirus reproduction rate remains above critical threshold
BERLIN (Reuters) - The reproduction rate for the coronavirus pandemic in Germany remained above the critical threshold of 1 with an estimated value of 1.07 on Monday after 1.13 on Sunday, the Robert K...
May 11, 2020
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