Category Archives: Syndicated
Up to 60% of usual capacity will be allowed to attend 2020 French Open, say organisers
PARIS (Reuters) - Up to 60% of the usual capacity will be allowed inside the Roland Garros grounds for the 2020 edition of the French Open amid the COVID-19 crisis, organisers said on Thursday. French...
Jul 02, 2020
Wider Image: Carving Buddha in Myanmar village ‘blessed’ with marble bounty
By Ann Wang SAGYIN, Myanmar (Reuters) - The fine white dust that shrouds much of his northern Myanmar village also covers sculptor Chin Win as he leans over a half-finished Buddha statue. "We are bles...
Jul 02, 2020
‘Gold mine’: European police target secret phone network used by crime rings
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - An encrypted phone network widely used by thousands of criminals has provided police with a "gold mine" of information, leading to numerous arrests, drug seizures and even foiled...
Jul 02, 2020
Germany planning 42.5 billion euros in tax relief to 2024: Handelsblatt
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is planning tax cuts totalling 42.5 billion euros over the period to 2024, with 7 billion euros of cuts planned in 2021 alone, Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Thursday, a...
Jul 02, 2020
Top-performing U.S. equity funds this year are betting on a transformed world
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. equity funds that were able to best weather the global economic upheaval from the coronavirus pandemic this year are turning to healthcare, e-commerce and el...
Jul 02, 2020
Food poisoning hits some 3,500 in Japan’s Yashio city schools
TOKYO (Reuters) - Almost 3,500 teachers and students at more than a dozen public schools in Japan's Yashio city have become sick with diarrhoea and stomach pains in a mass food poisoning outbreak. Sai...
Jul 02, 2020
Oman boosts hospital capacity as coronavirus cases surge
DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman's health minister said on Thursday that the sultanate had witnessed a "scary" surge in COVID-19 cases that required boosting hospital capacity, especially for intensive care uni...
Jul 02, 2020
Canada exports jump in May, imports down amid supply challenges
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's exports rose in May, bouncing back from historic declines in April, as auto industry production resumed and on higher crude prices, though imports fell on supply challenges...
Jul 02, 2020
U.S. Treasury agrees on loan terms with American, four other airlines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury said Thursday it has agreed on terms for government loans with five U.S. carriers, including American Airlines Group Inc . The Treasury said it had signed lett...
Jul 02, 2020
Ryanair resumes flights from Greece after four-month grounding
ATHENS (Reuters) - Low cost carrier Ryanair resumed flights from Athens after a near four-month grounding due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, it said on Thursday. A flight from Athens to Rome's Ciamp...
Jul 02, 2020
