Category Archives: Syndicated
France delays launch of COVID-19 economic reboot plan to September
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government said on Saturday it would unveil details of its 100 billion euro ($118 billion) plan to reinvigorate the economy in the first week of September, instead of next...
Aug 22, 2020
Suspected Islamist militants kill 13 in eastern Congo villages
By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants killed 13 people during raids on two villages in eastern Congo, the army and a village chief said, t...
Aug 22, 2020
Argentina joins Chinese coronavirus vaccine trial, maker says
BEIJING (Reuters) - Argentina joined Peru, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates in approving Phase 3 clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine developed by China National Biotec Group (CNBG), the comp...
Aug 22, 2020
U.S. House takes on Postal reforms seen as threat to mail-in ballots
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Saturday on providing the cash-strapped Postal Service with $25 billion and block policies that hav...
Aug 22, 2020
Israel’s coronavirus chief urges Ukraine to ban Jewish pilgrimage
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The head of Israel's coronavirus task force has asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to ban an annual pilgrimage in which Hasidic Jews visit the central Ukrainian town o...
Aug 22, 2020
U.N. nuclear chief Grossi to visit Iran ‘this week’, Iranian envoy says
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's chief Rafael Grossi will make his first trip to Iran in that role "this week", Iran's ambassador to the agency said on Saturday as the two sides are in a...
Aug 22, 2020
Protesters hold seventh anti-Kremlin march over detained governor
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Around 1,500 people marched through the streets of the Russian far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Saturday, marking the seventh consecutive weekend of protests after the region's gov...
Aug 22, 2020
Indonesia reports 2,090 new coronavirus cases: health ministry website
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 2,090 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 151,498, data from the country's health ministry website showed. The number of new deaths re...
Aug 22, 2020
India coronavirus cases jump by record as tally nears 3 million
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India reported a record daily jump of coronavirus infections on Saturday, bringing the total near 3 million and piling pressure on authorities to curb huge gatherings as a major rel...
Aug 22, 2020
Philippines reports 4,933 coronavirus infections, 26 deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines reported 4,933 infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the fifth straight day above 4,000, and 26 COVID-19 deaths. In a bulletin, the health ministry said tot...
Aug 22, 2020
