Category Archives: Syndicated
Hungary cancels August 20 national holiday celebrations due to pandemic
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary has cancelled celebrations and fireworks on the Aug 20 national holiday due to the coronavirus pandemic, the prime minister's chief of staff Gergely Gulyas said on Thursda...
Jul 16, 2020
South Korea needs more public hospitals to fight infectious diseases: official
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea needs to train for potential infectious disease outbreaks worse than COVID-19 and detailed treatment guidelines, as risks of more frequent such outbreaks ri...
Jul 16, 2020
France makes masks compulsory in parts of northwestern Mayenne region
PARIS (Reuters) - Authorities ordered people to start wearing face masks in parts of the northwestern French region of Mayenne on Thursday after a rise of coronavirus infections there. The Mayenne pre...
Jul 16, 2020
Uzbek leader chides officials over “deplorable” COVID-19 situation
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan's president has criticised his health minister and the mayor of Tashkent over their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, warning that the situation in the capital was "de...
Jul 16, 2020
South Korea court overturns conviction of likely presidential contender
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday overturned an abuse-of-power conviction against a prominent liberal politician, keeping alive his chances of being a top contend...
Jul 16, 2020
China’s Sinopharm begins late stage trial of COVID-19 vaccine in Abu Dhabi
DUBAI (Reuters) - Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm has begun Phase III clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine in the emirate of Abu Dhabi using around 15,000 volunteers, the Abu Dha...
Jul 16, 2020
China foreign ministry says Pompeo welcome to visit Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reiterated on Thursday that it does not seek to challenge or replace the United States and called on Washington to view China objectively and return to reason in its policies...
Jul 16, 2020
Socially distant geisha struggle to survive in coronavirus shadow
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - - Ikuko, the "big sister" of Tokyo's Akasaka geisha district, came to the capital to seek her fortune in 1964, the year Tokyo first hosted the Olympics. But the novel ...
Jul 16, 2020
EU top court rejects EU-U.S. data transfer tool, backs another tool
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Europe's top court on Thursday rejected a key EU tool used to transfer Europeans' personal data across the Atlantic for commercial use but upheld the validity of another tool us...
Jul 16, 2020
Floods ravage eastern India as coronavirus infections surge
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Monsoon floods have swamped large parts of India's densely populated eastern states, forcing more than a million people into makeshift shelters despite the risk of coronavi...
Jul 16, 2020
