Category Archives: Syndicated
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews take to internet in coronavirus lockdown
By Tova Cohen and Steven Scheer TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's religiously devout Jews, who traditionally shun the use of internet or smartphones, are increasingly going online to shop, study and video...
Apr 23, 2020
U.S. House set to pass $500 billion in coronavirus relief as unemployment soars
By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of members of the U.S. House of Representatives will gather in Washington on Thursday to pass a $484 billion coronavirus relief b...
Apr 23, 2020
ICRC donates vital medical equipment to Gaza in coronavirus crisis
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday donated vital intensive care equipment to Gaza hospitals but said they remain underequipped for an...
Apr 23, 2020
PETA offers Spain’s Pamplona cash to ban bull-running for good
By Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - Seizing on a rare cancellation of Spain's world-famous bull-running festival in Pamplona due to the coronavirus, animal rights group PETA offered 250,000 euros ($269,...
Apr 23, 2020
Poland to require notification of takeovers by investors from outside EU
WARSAW (Reuters) - The Polish government will have to be notified of any planned takeovers of Polish companies by investors from outside the EU, Deputy Prime Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz said on Thursda...
Apr 23, 2020
European firms step up COVID-19 vaccines work, UK team starts human trials
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists in Britain began clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday as other vaccine developers across Europe also stepped up work on their own e...
Apr 23, 2020
Expedia gets $1.2 billion investment from Silver Lake and Apollo; appoints new CEO
(Reuters) - Online travel services provider Expedia Group Inc said on Thursday private equity firms Silver Lake Partners and Apollo Global Management Inc would invest about $1.2 billion in the company...
Apr 23, 2020
Glad to be helping: refugee Syrian film-maker turns London hospital cleaner
LONDON (Reuters) - On a coronavirus ward in an east London hospital, award-winning film-maker Hassan Akkad, a refugee from Syria, is working as a cleaner, joining the fight against the pandemic in his...
Apr 23, 2020
African nations to get 300 ventilators from Jack Ma Foundation
By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - African nations that lack ventilators for the treatment of COVID-19 patients will receive some from a donation of 300 supplied by the Jack Ma Foundation, t...
Apr 23, 2020
Lockdown exit in France will not be done region by region: presidency
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron told mayors that unwinding the coronavirus lockdown would not be done region by region, the presidency's office said on Thursday. Mayors were also to...
Apr 23, 2020
