Category Archives: Syndicated
Indonesia reports 139 new coronavirus deaths, highest daily rise
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported on Wednesday 139 new deaths from the coronavirus, the country's highest daily increase and bringing the total number of fatalities to 4,459, data from the countr...
Jul 22, 2020
OECD sees Greek economy shrinking by 8% in 2020 before rebound
ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek economy will shrink by 8.0% this year before it rebounds by 4.5 percent in 2021, the OECD said in a report on Wednesday. The OECD said the projection of decline in output ...
Jul 22, 2020
India cancels historic Hindu pilgrimage as coronavirus cases mount
By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - India has cancelled a historic Hindu pilgrimage to a holy cave high in the snow-capped mountains of contested Kashmir for the first time, as cases of the n...
Jul 22, 2020
Worrying coronavirus trends in southern Europe, Balkans: WHO’s Ryan
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Worrying trends of coronavirus infection are emerging in southern Europe and in the Balkan region, Mike Ryan, head of the World Health Organization's emergencies programme, said on ...
Jul 22, 2020
Japan raises economic view for second month, but wary about resurgence of virus cases
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government slightly raised its economic view for a second straight month in July, though authorities conceded that the situation remained severe in light of a renewed spike i...
Jul 22, 2020
Malaysian court orders ex-PM Najib to pay $400 million tax bill
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian court on Wednesday ordered former Prime Minister Najib Razak to settle 1.69 billion ringgit ($397.41 million) in unpaid taxes over seven years while he was still i...
Jul 22, 2020
Ukraine cancels visa requirement for Australia, New Zealand and some Arab states
KYIV (Reuters) - Tourists from Australia, New Zealand and several Arab states will no longer need a visa to visit Ukraine from Aug. 1, according to a decree signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and...
Jul 22, 2020
South African anti-apartheid campaigner Andrew Mlangeni dies at 95
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African anti-apartheid campaigner Andrew Mlangeni, who was jailed alongside Nelson Mandela in 1964 after a treason trial, has died at the age of 95. Mlangeni, who spent ...
Jul 22, 2020
Hong Kong reports record daily rise in coronavirus cases
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong reported 113 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, a daily record, including 105 that were transmitted locally, adding to a slew of new cases which have hit the global fi...
Jul 22, 2020
Green energy ratchets up power during coronavirus pandemic
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Renewable power has taken up a record share of global electricity production since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Reuters review of data, s...
Jul 22, 2020
