Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Malaysia says lower oil prices factored into 2020 deficit target
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Tuesday said lower oil prices have been factored into the government's 2020 fiscal deficit target of 4% of gross domestic product. "If the oil price declines signi...
Apr 21, 2020
China’s Hubei, epicentre of coronavirus outbreak, posts first-quarter GDP slump
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central Hubei province, epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak in the country, posted a 39.2% drop in economic output in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, ...
Apr 21, 2020
Experts advise Dutch government to reopen primary schools
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The experts advising the Netherlands on handling the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday advised the government to reopen day care facilities and primary schools, documents released ...
Apr 21, 2020
Dutch Supreme Court expands euthanasia laws for dementia patients
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Dutch Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that doctors could legally carry out euthanasia on people with advanced dementia who had earlier put their wishes in writing even if they...
Apr 21, 2020
City of Plymouth to Hold Council Meeting Via Remote
by Kevin Zimmermann PLYMOUTH, WI (WHBL) - The City of Plymouth will hold tonight’s council meeting via telephone and audio conference call following the now-familiar practice of many gove...
Apr 21, 2020
Recovering from coronavirus, PM Johnson to talk to Trump, Queen
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson will speak to U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday and meet Queen Elizabeth later this week, his spokesman said, adding that the British leader is sti...
Apr 21, 2020
Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace postpones again deadline for bids
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's Piaggio Aerospace said on Tuesday it would postpone for the second time in less than a month the deadline to submit expressions of interest for the company, due to the ongoin...
Apr 21, 2020
Stranded foreign students in Dakar live in coronavirus limbo
DAKAR (Reuters) - After Senegal ordered universities to shut over the coronavirus outbreak, Ousmane Issaka, a student from Niger, found himself having to sleep on the pavement outside his shuttered do...
Apr 21, 2020
Dutch coronavirus cases rise by 729 to 34,134: authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands has risen by 729 to 34,134, health authorities said on Tuesday, with 165 new deaths. Total deaths stand at 3,916, the...
Apr 21, 2020
Dealing with the dead: the female undertakers of Harlem
By Andrew Kelly and Clare Baldwin NEW YORK (Reuters) - There are 48 bodies in the basement of the funeral home in Harlem. Forty are in cardboard boxes, ready for cremation. The other eight are in the ...
Apr 21, 2020
