Category Archives: Syndicated
Slovenian parliament endorses coronavirus contact tracking app
By Marja Novak LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia on Thursday approved the use of a coronavirus contact tracking app which will be obligatory to use for those who are infected or who are in quarantine. Th...
Jul 09, 2020
China cancels international sporting events for rest of 2020
China will not host any major international sporting events the rest of the year, putting tennis, golf and likely esports events on the shelf. The General Administration of Sports announced the only e...
Jul 09, 2020
U.S. military needs to take ‘hard look’ at Confederacy symbols: top general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. general said on Thursday that the military had to take a "hard look" at symbols of the Confederacy and had recommended a commission to look at the issue, even as Pr...
Jul 09, 2020
First coronavirus case confirmed in Syria’s northwest – aid groups
IDLIB, Syria (Reuters) - The first coronavirus case was confirmed in northwest Syria on Thursday, aid workers said, raising fears for a region where hospitals lie in ruins and camps overflow with peop...
Jul 09, 2020
U.S. judge hearing Flynn case asks appeals court to reconsider dismissal
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The judge hearing the criminal prosecution against President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Thursday asked an appeals court to rec...
Jul 09, 2020
Pentagon tells Congress: Russian bounty intelligence not corroborated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Intelligence suggesting Russia paid bounties to the Taliban has not been corroborated and there is no evidence that any payments led to deaths of service members, the Pentagon's...
Jul 09, 2020
Italy bans entry from 13 countries due to coronavirus fears
ROME (Reuters) - Italy on Thursday banned entry to people coming from 13 countries that it said presented an excessive rate of COVID-19 infections. The list compiled by the health ministry comprises A...
Jul 09, 2020
Canadian COVID-19 training exemption sparks pushback from pilots
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada's decision to allow some pilot training normally performed in simulators to be conducted in the air because of coronavirus is facing opposition from pilo...
Jul 09, 2020
Egypt’s annual headline inflation rises to 5.6% in June: CAPMAS
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's annual urban consumer price inflation increased to 5.6% in June from 4.7% in May, state statistics agency CAPMAS said on Thursday. Month-on-month headline inflation stood at ...
Jul 09, 2020
Trump continues to see hydroxychloroquine as promising against COVID-19: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump continues to see a malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, as a promising drug to be used to prevent infection with the coronavirus, the White House said o...
Jul 09, 2020
