Category Archives: Syndicated
UK PM Johnson says 275 health and social care workers have died from COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that the deaths of 144 health care workers and 131 social care workers had been reported as involving COVID-19. The United Kin...
May 13, 2020
MUFG puts oil sands, Arctic drilling on ‘restricted transactions’ list
By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group said on Wednesday it has put oil sands extraction and drilling for crude oil and gas in the Arctic on its "restricted transaction" l...
May 13, 2020
Remote Lesotho becomes last country in region to record COVID-19 case
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Lesotho recorded its first case of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the health ministry said, becoming the last country in southern and East Africa to be afflicted by the virus. The min...
May 13, 2020
Merkel wants to improve ties with Russia despite hacking
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she would continue efforts to improve ties with Russia despite hacking attacks which do not make that any easier, adding she took s...
May 13, 2020
Tennis: Japan’s Osaka using lockdown to conquer inner demons
(Reuters) - Two-times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka is using the novel coronavirus shutdown as one of self reflection to try and overcome her crippling shyness. The tennis season was suspended in ea...
May 13, 2020
Italian schools to reopen in September: Education minister
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's education minister on Wednesday said schools across the country would reopen in September, after being shut for six months due to the coronavirus outbreak. "For this reason th...
May 13, 2020
Urban air quality improves as coronavirus empties U.S. highways: NOAA
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. air quality has improved since the coronavirus crisis emptied the roads of traffic, giving the country a futuristic glimpse of the clearer skies that c...
May 13, 2020
Coronavirus drains Vatican coffers as income falls, deficits loom
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Late last month, the Vatican announced the coronavirus pandemic had forced Pope Francis to postpone an annual fund raising campaign among Catholics worldwid...
May 13, 2020
Qatar Airways in talks to defer Airbus, Boeing orders: SCMP
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar Airways, one of the Middle East's biggest airlines, is in talks with Airbus and Boeing to defer aircraft orders for several years, its chief executive was quoted as saying on W...
May 13, 2020
China’s Wuhan kicks off mass testing campaign for new coronavirus
By Yawen Chen and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - Authorities in the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus emerged launched an ambitious campaign on Wednesday to test all of its 11 million residents, ...
May 13, 2020
