Category Archives: Syndicated
UK coronavirus reproduction number unchanged between 0.7-0.9
LONDON (Reuters) - The reproduction number of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom is between 0.7 and 0.9, government scientists said on Friday, the same rate of transmission as given last week. The R numbe...
Jun 05, 2020
Central African Republic court rejects bid to extend president’s mandate
By Antoine Rolland BANGUI (Reuters) - Central African Republic's constitutional court on Friday rejected changes to the constitution that would have allowed President Faustin-Archange Touadera to stay...
Jun 05, 2020
Laid off Hungarians turn to truck driving, carrot picking
By Gergely Szakacs and Krisztina Fenyo ERD, Hungary (Reuters) - Zoltan Wetter worked in restaurants for over two decades before the coronavirus pandemic cost him his job. With no savings, the 38-year-...
Jun 05, 2020
Canada gains 289,600 jobs in May, unemployment edges up to 13.7 percent
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's economy unexpectedly gained 289,600 jobs in May, mostly in full-time work, Statistics Canada said on Friday. The jobless rate edged up to 13.7%. Employment in the goods pro...
Jun 05, 2020
Swiss to open borders to Europeans on June 15
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland plans to open its borders to European Union countries, EFTA members and Britain on June 15, the government said on Friday, bringing forward its timetable as cases of the...
Jun 05, 2020
Mudslide in Arctic Norway sweeps houses into the sea
OSLO (Reuters) - A powerful mudslide in Arctic Norway swept eight houses and the piece of land on which they stood into the sea, where they sank into swirling waters, footage posted on social media sh...
Jun 05, 2020
Saudi Arabia reimposes curfew in Jeddah for two weeks: SPA agency
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has reimposed a curfew in the Red Sea city of Jeddah 3 p.m to 6 a.m for two weeks starting on Saturday due to the spread of the coronavirus, and suspended work in office...
Jun 05, 2020
Finland’s finance minister steps down over training scandal
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's Katri Kulmuni will step down as finance minister but continue to lead her party, she told reporters on Friday, after a magazine said she had used taxpayers' money to fun...
Jun 05, 2020
British embassy raises U.S. protests with Trump administration
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's embassy in the United States has raised the issue of ongoing protests there with the U.S. administration, including the treatment of British journalists by police, a spoke...
Jun 05, 2020
Health secretary in Brazil’s Sao Paulo metropolitan region shot at amid COVID-19 outbreak
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The health secretary of Osasco city in Brazil's Sao Paulo metropolitan region was targeted in a shooting attack on Thursday night, the state department of public security said on...
Jun 05, 2020
