Category Archives: Syndicated
Cubans celebrate no local transmission of COVID-19 for first time in four months
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba for the first time in 130 days on Sunday said there were no new domestic cases of COVID-19 as most of the country moved into the final phase of resuming normal activities with ...
Jul 19, 2020
Nigerian Foreign Minister Onyeama tests positive for coronavirus
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19, and became the first member of President Muhammadu Buhari's cabinet to contract the new...
Jul 19, 2020
Florida reports over 10,000 new COVID cases for fifth day in a row
(Reuters) - Florida reported over 12,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, the fifth day in a row the state has announced over 10,000 new infections. The virus has claimed over 140,000 lives total sinc...
Jul 19, 2020
Trump says Confederate flag proud symbol of U.S. South
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump declined to say the Confederate flag was an offensive symbol in an interview broadcast on Sunday, saying it is a source of pride for people who love ...
Jul 19, 2020
Revamped South African Airways could be run independently, says Gordhan
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa is considering an independent board for its ailing national airline, with a shareholder structure similar to that of part state-owned telecoms firm Telkom, a seni...
Jul 19, 2020
Four killed in Sierra Leone protest after police and army open fire
FREETOWN (Reuters) - At least four people including a teenager were killed and 10 wounded when police and soldiers opened fire on protesters in northern Sierra Leone, a health official and witnesses s...
Jul 19, 2020
Dubai real estate fund considers de-listing amid sector downturn
DUBAI (Reuters) - Emirates REIT , a Dubai-based sharia-compliant real estate investment trust, said on Sunday it was considering de-listing from Nasdaq Dubai amid a downturn in the United Arab Emirate...
Jul 19, 2020
Fire at factory in northwest Iran: ILNA
(Reuters) - A fire broke out at a cellophane factory in northwest Iran on Sunday, the ILNA news agency reported, posting video of thick black smoke rising from the site. The fire was in the town of Sh...
Jul 19, 2020
Catalonia urges thousands of people to stay home as coronavirus cases rise
MADRID (Reuters) - Authorities in Catalonia on Sunday urged more than 96,000 people in three towns to stay at home, as coronavirus cases continued to rise in one of Spain's worst-hit regions. This is ...
Jul 19, 2020
Syria goes to the polls as new sanctions hit war-ravaged economy
DAMASCUS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria held a parliamentary election on Sunday, gripped by a collapsing economy and new U.S. sanctions after President Bashar al-Assad clawed back control of most of the cou...
Jul 19, 2020
