Category Archives: Syndicated
Iran records highest daily death toll from COVID-19
(Reuters) - Iran recorded its highest number of deaths from COVID-19 within a 24-hour period, official health ministry figures showed on Monday. The 162 deaths reported on Monday exceeds the previous ...
Jun 29, 2020
Do I wear a mask? Catch me at the grocery store, says Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said she has never been seen with a mask because although she wears one for buying groceries she is keeping her shopping destination secret. Merkel made the...
Jun 29, 2020
Facing crisis, Cuba calls on citizens to grow more of their own food
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - In the courtyard of a temple belonging to the Abakua Afro-Cuban religious brotherhood in Havana, Nelson Piloto is pulling up the lawn to plant bell peppers and cassav...
Jun 29, 2020
Geneva motor show postponed until 2022: organizers
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The organizers of the Geneva International Motor Show said on Monday that they would not organize the event in 2021. The organizers said a majority of exhibitors surveyed said th...
Jun 29, 2020
Italy picks former Poste Italiane CEO to head re-nationalised Alitalia
MILAN (Reuters) - The Italian government has picked former Poste Italiane CEO Francesco Caio as Chairman of Alitalia, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said, as the carrier prepares to return under state ...
Jun 29, 2020
Ford pauses U.S. social media advertising, calls for hate speech to be ‘eradicated’ from content
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Monday it would pause advertising on all social media platforms in the United States for the next 30 days, joining a growing list of companies that have stopp...
Jun 29, 2020
Afghan peace talks likely to start soon, reduced violence needed: Pakistan ambassador
By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan said on Monday that negotiations between the Afghan government and the insurgent Taliban were expected to begin soon ...
Jun 29, 2020
U.S. senators urge funding for internet access during pandemic
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. senators on Monday were to introduce legislation to ensure Americans who have suffered economic hardships due to the coronavirus pandemic hav...
Jun 29, 2020
First foreign flight to Greek island carries German COVID-19 ‘heroes’
By Alkis Konstantinidis KOS, Greece (Reuters) - German workers who helped combat the novel coronavirus arrived on the island of Kos on Monday in the first foreign flight to reach a Greek regional airp...
Jun 29, 2020
Germany’s Henkel joins Facebook advertising boycott
BERLIN (Reuters) - German consumer goods group Henkel will join a boycott of advertising on Facebook , a spokesman said on Monday. Henkel, which makes Dial soap, Persil detergent, and Schwarzkopf sham...
Jun 29, 2020
