Category Archives: Syndicated
Bosnia’s security minister to resign over migrant dispute
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's security minister announced his resignation on Tuesday over what he called a lack of support in handling a migrant crisis from a government plagued by infighting. "The re...
Jun 02, 2020
Outdoor seating only: Parisian cafes eek out space along sidewalks
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - The Cafe de Flore in Paris, once a favourite drinking hole of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, spread its tables along the pavement, in front of the neighb...
Jun 02, 2020
FIFA asks leagues to use ‘common sense’ as sport protests over George Floyd death
BERN (Reuters) - World soccer's governing body FIFA has asked competition organisers to use "common sense" with players who show messages of protest over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black ma...
Jun 02, 2020
China’s President Xi says need to improve monitoring for diseases of unknown causes
BEIJING (Reuters) - China needs to improve its monitoring for diseases of unknown causes and unusual public health incidents, said President Xi Jinping according to state television. At a roundtable w...
Jun 02, 2020
Brazil’s Supreme Court judge shelves request to seize Bolsonaro’s cellphone
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court Judge Celso de Mello shelved on Monday night a request made by political parties to seize President Jair Bolsonaro's cellphone as part of an investigation o...
Jun 02, 2020
Post-lockdown cinema trip in Portugal is blast from the past
LISBON (Reuters) - For Manuela Figueiredo, going out with her family to see her first movie after weeks of lockdown was a trip down memory lane. For her 24-year-old son Joao, it was a completely new e...
Jun 02, 2020
India steps up efforts to curb locust infestation
By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Battling its worst desert locust outbreak in decades, India is ordering new equipment to control the swarms before summer crop-sowing gathers pace in the middl...
Jun 02, 2020
Graphic: Coronavirus and the global economy
(Reuters) - The novel coronavirus has disrupted the global economy to an extent never seen before. The shutdowns imposed to slow its spread have sent economic output crashing, caused financial market ...
Jun 02, 2020
Proteins in COVID-19 patients’ blood could predict severity of illness, study finds
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found 27 key proteins in the blood of people infected with COVID-19 which they say could act as predictive biomarkers for how ill a patient could bec...
Jun 02, 2020
Germany wants to swap EU travel warning for softer guidelines this week
BERLIN (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that the German cabinet would on Wednesday discuss a resolution on downgrading the travel warnings currently in force for European Union countries a...
Jun 02, 2020
