Category Archives: Syndicated
EU leaders ask Commission to work out joint recovery financing
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders asked the executive Commission to urgently work out a plan for joint EU financing of the bloc's economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic, the chairm...
Apr 23, 2020
Latin American oil-producing nations brace for record investor outflows on crude plunge
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Capital flight from Latin America's oil-producing nations is nearing record levels as the collapse in oil prices makes global investors even more risk averse dur...
Apr 23, 2020
Indonesian activist held over messages spreading ‘hatred’, rights groups say he was framed
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police said on Thursday they had detained an activist accused of broadcasting messages to instigate violence and hatred, but rights groups said they believed he had been...
Apr 23, 2020
French coronavirus death toll close to 22,000: ministry
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of people who have died from coronavirus infection in France rose by 516 to 21,856 on Thursday, the health ministry said in a statement. The 2.4% increase was slightly slo...
Apr 23, 2020
Doctors launch legal action against UK government over lack of protective kit
LONDON (Reuters) - Two doctors are launching legal action against the British government's guidance on personal protective equipment (PPE) in hospitals during the coronavirus outbreak, their lawyers s...
Apr 23, 2020
Turkey’s coronavirus death toll rises by 115 to 2,491, with 3,116 new cases confirmed: ministry
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's confirmed cases of the COVID-19 disease increased by 3,116 in the past 24 hours, and 115 more people have died, taking the death toll to 2,491, Health Ministry data showe...
Apr 23, 2020
French village bids adieu to doctor who succumbed to COVID-19
VILLERS-OUTREAUX, France (Reuters) - In Villers-Outreaux's village square, doctors, nurses and patients gathered, heads bowed and standing apart, to bid farewell to a local practitioner who succumbed ...
Apr 23, 2020
Lesotho PM shows no signs of leaving to defuse crisis
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has said he will not be told when to leave office, a national newspaper reported on Thursday, resisting efforts to defuse a political cri...
Apr 23, 2020
EU leaders nudge towards joint coronavirus recovery aid
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders edged forward on Thursday towards joint financing of an economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic by agreeing to ask the European Commission to work ...
Apr 23, 2020
GM ignition switch settlement with vehicle owners wins U.S. court approval
NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Motors Co on Thursday won preliminary U.S. court approval of a $120 million settlement with owners who said defective ignition switches caused their vehicles to lose value...
Apr 23, 2020
