Category Archives: Syndicated
Belgium to open bars and restaurants but not nightclubs
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium will reopen bars, restaurants and other areas of social and cultural life from June 8, but not nightclubs, a government minister said on Wednesday. The c...
Jun 03, 2020
EU classifies coronavirus as mid-level threat to workers
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission decided on Wednesday to classify the new coronavirus as a mid-level threat to workers, a move that allows employers in the EU to apply less stringent safet...
Jun 03, 2020
Austria lifting coronavirus border checks with all neighbours bar Italy
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria is lifting all coronavirus-related border restrictions including quarantines for new arrivals from all of its neighbouring countries except Italy as of Thursday, Foreign Min...
Jun 03, 2020
Explainer: Dollar peg is critical to Hong Kong amid U.S. threats, China worries
By Noah Sin HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's plans to impose a national security law on Hong Kong and moves by the United States to begin withdrawing privileges enjoyed by the city under U.S. law have un...
Jun 03, 2020
Sudan’s PM promises justice on anniversary of sit-in killings
By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok pledged justice on Wednesday for scores of pro-democracy protesters killed a year ago when security forces broke up a sit...
Jun 03, 2020
U.S. protesters, angry at Floyd’s death, defy curfew but violence subsides
By Jonathan Ernst and Brendan O'Brien WASHINGTON/MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - U.S. protesters ignored curfews overnight as they vented their anger over the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of pol...
Jun 03, 2020
Germany to lift travel ban in Europe from June 15
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will lift a travel ban for European Union member states plus Britain, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland from 15 June as long as there are no entry bans or large...
Jun 03, 2020
Putin declines British invitation to take part in coronavirus summit: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to take part in an online summit on a possible coronavirus vaccine being organised by the British government this week, Kremlin spokes...
Jun 03, 2020
Exclusive: Flush with corruption cash, Brazilian states step up deforestation fight
By Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian states are bolstering the fight against destruction of the Amazon rainforest with millions of dollars from an oil company's corruption settlement that all...
Jun 03, 2020
Italians on the move again as lockdown restrictions ease
By Alex Fraser MILAN (Reuters) - Italians were allowed to travel to other regions of the country on Wednesday for the first time in nearly three months, in a further relaxation of lockdown restriction...
Jun 03, 2020
