Category Archives: Syndicated
Slovakia reports record number of new coronavirus cases
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia reported 123 new cases of the coronavirus, its highest daily number since the global pandemic reached the country in March, data from the Health Ministry showed on Friday. ...
Aug 21, 2020
China ready to share water data with Mekong nations, Thailand says
BANGKOK (Reuters) - China is ready to share data on water flows into the Mekong River, a longstanding request of downstream Southeast Asian countries, a Thai foreign ministry official said on Friday. ...
Aug 21, 2020
Explainer: Reaching herd immunity in a viral pandemic
By Manas Sharma, Simon Scarr and Jane Wardell SYDNEY (Reuters) - The novel coronavirus pandemic has brought "herd immunity" to the public consciousness, kindling hope the phenomenon can help slow or e...
Aug 21, 2020
Zimbabwe politician who called for protests denied bail for third time
HARARE (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean court on Friday denied bail for the third time to an opposition politician who called for anti-government protests last month, ruling he could be a danger to the public...
Aug 21, 2020
Happy drink in sad times: champagne-makers gather pandemic harvest
By Elizabeth Pineau and Noemie Olive BETHON, France (Reuters) - Winemakers in France's Champagne region are this week gathering a bumper grape harvest, but there is a bitter aftertaste: the slump in d...
Aug 21, 2020
Cycling: Teams with two coronavirus cases will be out of the Tour – sources
PARIS (Reuters) - Two positive coronavirus cases within a team will result in the outfit being out of the upcoming Tour de France, team staff members told Reuters on Friday. Two sports directors who w...
Aug 21, 2020
Europe’s travel recovery stalls in August: ticket data
LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's travel recovery stalled at the start of August after a stronger performance in July, as quarantine rules and warnings over rising infection rates created uncertainty and de...
Aug 21, 2020
England’s small rise in COVID cases levelled off: statistics office
LONDON (Reuters) - A small increase in the percentage of people testing positive for COVID-19 in England in July appears to have levelled off, Britain's statistics office said on Friday. In the week o...
Aug 21, 2020
JPMorgan to launch UK digital lender in early 2021: Sky News
(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co is planning to launch its online British retail bank in the first quarter of 2021 under its Chase brand, Sky News reported, citing technology industry sources. The plan...
Aug 21, 2020
Wirecard sells assets in Brazil, a first as collapsed company winds down
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - An agreement to sell some of Wirecard's operations in Brazil and Britain has been reached, while the sales process for other divisions of the German payments company is making pr...
Aug 21, 2020
