Category Archives: Syndicated
Turkey condemns Greek reaction to Hagia Sophia prayers
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned statements by Greek officials and a flag-burning protest in Greece after the first Islamic prayers in nine decades were held at ...
Jul 25, 2020
Bulgaria’s coronavirus case tally passes 10,000
SOFIA (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bulgaria passed 10,000 on Saturday, as the Balkan country reported 270 infections in the past 24 hours, official data showed. Eight peopl...
Jul 25, 2020
Record numbers of coronavirus cases in every global region: Reuters tally
By Jane Wardell (Reuters) - Almost 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections over the past week, around double the number that did so the previous week, accordin...
Jul 25, 2020
Czech republic reports 15,081 coronavirus cases: health ministry data
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic reported 15,081 cases of coronavirus as of July 24 as authorities reinstated measures to curb the spread of the virus, which has spiked in the past week. Czechs w...
Jul 25, 2020
Tight security outside U.S. Chengdu consulate after China orders closure
By Martin Quin Pollard CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Security was tight outside the U.S. consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu on Saturday as staff inside prepared to leave, a day after China ordered ...
Jul 25, 2020
Chiefs’ Duvernay-Tardif becomes first to opt out for 2020
Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif became the NFL's first player to opt out of the season Friday night. Duvernay-Tardif, 29, earned a medical school degree from McGill Univer...
Jul 25, 2020
Fauci gets personalized baseball card after first pitch
Dr. Anthony Fauci can add another bullet point to his long and distinguished career: Now he has his own baseball card. The Topps baseball card company honored Fauci with a card Friday, one day after h...
Jul 24, 2020
Halep’s Palermo appearance in doubt after Italy’s quarantine order
(Reuters) - The upcoming Palermo Ladies Open could lose its biggest draw in world number two Simona Halep after Italy decided to impose a mandatory quarantine of 14 days for people coming from Romania...
Jul 24, 2020
Vietnam back on coronavirus alert after first local infection in 3 months
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam was back on high alert for the novel coronavirus on Saturday after medical officials in the central city of Danang detected what appears to be the first local COVID-19 case i...
Jul 24, 2020
Coronavirus cases in Australian state stay stubbornly high
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state recorded an increase in new coronavirus cases on Saturday as officials laid out new directives to protect people in retirement homes and help contain a...
Jul 24, 2020
