Category Archives: Syndicated
Oman to end lockdown of Muscat governorate on May 29
DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman will on Friday end a lockdown of its Muscat governorate - which includes the capital - that has been in place since April 10 as the sultanate eases its coronavirus containment m...
May 27, 2020
Futures climb as economic recovery hopes outweigh Sino-U.S. tensions
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures advanced on Wednesday as hopes of an economic recovery eclipsed worries over simmering tensions between the United States and China. Unprecedented m...
May 27, 2020
Border closures, pre-travel tests of little use against COVID-19 spread: EU agency
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Border closures do little to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the European Union's public health agency said, as EU states weigh lifting some travel restrictions imposed at the sta...
May 27, 2020
Poland’s PM is confident presidential vote will be held in June
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's presidential election will be held in June, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday, amid speculation that a spat over legislation on the way the vote will be c...
May 27, 2020
Russia has not sent military personnel to Libya: Ifax cites Russian lawmaker
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has not sent military personnel to Libya and the Russian upper house of parliament has not received a request to approve such a dispatch, Interfax on Wednesday cited Vladimir...
May 27, 2020
British Tour heralds return of elite-level tennis in UK
LONDON (Reuters) - A series of professional tennis events will take place in Britain from early July as the sport continues to emerge from the shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Lawn Ten...
May 27, 2020
AT&T launches HBO Max, vying with Netflix, others for quarantine viewing
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - AT&T's WarnerMedia division launches its HBO Max streaming service on Wednesday, taking on Netflix, Disney and Amazon at a time when coronavirus lockdowns have boosted dema...
May 27, 2020
Senegalese tourism hot spot struggles without visitors
SINE SALOUM, Senegal (Reuters) - Lionel Lopez grimaces as he looks at the stagnant green water in the bottom of the pool at his hotel in Senegal's Saloum Delta. He drained it after the global pandemic...
May 27, 2020
As coronavirus ‘storm cloud’ gathers, black church in Missouri braces for mourning
By Makini Brice (Reuters) - When Traci Blackmon, the senior pastor for a predominantly black church in the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri, is finally able to open the doors for service again, one of h...
May 27, 2020
NASA set to resume human spaceflight from U.S. soil with historic SpaceX launch
By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, was set to launch two Americans into orbit on Wednesday from Florida on a mi...
May 27, 2020
