Category Archives: Syndicated
French coronavirus deaths reach 22,856 as government eyes how to ease lockdown
By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) - The death toll in France from the coronavirus has risen by 242 to 22,856, the health ministry said on Sunday, as the government prepares to see how it might ease a...
Apr 26, 2020
Chile to push ahead with coronavirus ‘release certificates’ despite WHO warning
By Dave Sherwood SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile will push ahead with previously announced "release certificates" for recovered COVID-19 patients despite a World Health Organization warning that there was ...
Apr 26, 2020
Netanyahu “confident” U.S. will allow West Bank annexation in two months
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced confidence on Sunday that Washington would give Israel the nod within two months to move ahead with de facto annexation of parts of the o...
Apr 26, 2020
Turkey’s coronavirus death toll rises to 2,805, new cases 2,357: ministry
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased by 2,357 in the past 24 hours, and 99 more people have died, taking the death toll to 2,805, Health Ministry data showed on Sunday. ...
Apr 26, 2020
German government divided over form of Lufthansa rescue deal
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's ruling coalition is divided over whether the state should have a role in running airline Lufthansa in return for a rescue package the company aims to finalise next week, p...
Apr 26, 2020
German labour minister wants to put right to home working in law
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Labour Minister Hubertus Heil is working on legislation to give employees the right to work from home even when the coronavirus crisis is over, he told a newspaper on Sunday....
Apr 26, 2020
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll lowest since March 14, new cases fall
MILAN (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 260 on Sunday, the smallest daily tally since March 14, the Civil Protection Agency said. The number of new infections was the lowe...
Apr 26, 2020
Dutch students sail home across the Atlantic due to coronavirus
HARLINGEN, NETHERLANDS (Reuters) - A group of 25 Dutch high school students arrived back in the Netherlands in a two-mast schooner on Sunday, after airline restrictions left them with little choice bu...
Apr 26, 2020
Saudi Arabia halts executions of those committing crimes as minors: statement
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will no longer impose the death sentence on individuals who committed crimes while still minors, the state-backed Human Rights Commission (HRC) said in a statement, cit...
Apr 26, 2020
Italy picks U.S. firm Abbott Laboratories to supply coronavirus blood tests
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy has picked U.S. healthcare company Abbott Laboratories to supply 150,000 blood testing kits to screen for the new coronavirus as the country prepares to slowly lift a lockdown ...
Apr 26, 2020
