Category Archives: Syndicated
Latvia to open borders to most European countries on Wednesday
RIGA (Reuters) - Latvia will open its borders to most European countries on Wednesday without requiring visitors to self-isolate as the Baltic nation prepares to exit emergency coronavirus measures, t...
Jun 02, 2020
China is using Huawei to drive a wedge in the UK-US special relationship: senator
LONDON (Reuters) - China is using telecoms giant Huawei to try to drive a wedge between Britain and the United States, Republican senator Tom Cotton told British lawmakers on Tuesday. Cotton is one of...
Jun 02, 2020
Doping: CAS to hear appeal against Russia’s Olympic ban in November
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian anti-doping agency's (RUSADA) appeal against the country's four-year ban from the Olympics and other major sporting events will be heard in early November, the Lausanne-...
Jun 02, 2020
‘A great sadness’: Bolivia strains under COVID-19 as cases top 10,000
By Daniel Ramos LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivian authorities are doing door-to-door checks in regions with severe coronavirus outbreaks as it looks to stem the spread of COVID-19 infections which have rise...
Jun 02, 2020
Italy records 55 new coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, 318 new cases
ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 55 on Tuesday, against 60 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases rose to 318 from 1...
Jun 02, 2020
Exclusive: Lonza sets new goal to make Moderna COVID-19 vaccine ingredients
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Lonza aims to speed completion of two commercial production lines for Moderna Inc's trial COVID-19 vaccine so manufacturing could start four to six weeks earlier than...
Jun 02, 2020
South African High Court says some lockdown restrictions invalid, government says
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's cabinet said on Tuesday it had taken note of a High Court judgement declaring its coronavirus restrictions as unconstitutional and that it was studying the judg...
Jun 02, 2020
My rabbit for your detergent? Cubans turn to barter as shortages worsen
HAVANA (Reuters) - Nelson Aguilar used to sell the rabbits that he raises on his Havana rooftop to restaurants. Now, with an ongoing pandemic, the 70-year-old uses them as currency, exchanging them fo...
Jun 02, 2020
U.S. sanctions four shipping firms for transporting Venezuelan oil
(Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday said it had sanctioned four shipping firms for transporting Venezuelan oil, the latest escalation in Washington's effort to oust socialist President...
Jun 02, 2020
Bolivia electoral body says country to hold delayed elections by September 6
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's electoral tribunal said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with the country's political parties to hold general elections delayed by the coronavirus pandemic by Sept. ...
Jun 02, 2020
