Category Archives: Syndicated
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
ByteDance to invest in education technology business
BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior executive at TikTok owner ByteDance said the company plans to invest "a huge amount" of capital into its newly-established education technology business but warned that th...
Jul 22, 2020
Exclusive: Germany wants to introduce car toll across EU – document
By Markus Wacket BERLIN (Reuters) - German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer aims to clear the way for an almost blanket motorway toll for cars across Germany and Europe during the country's presiden...
Jul 22, 2020
