Category Archives: Syndicated
Serbia sends Kosovo 1,000 test kits in solidarity against coronavirus
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Serbia delivered 1,000 coronavirus test kits to Kosovo on Friday, a health official said, in a sign of solidarity despite trade frictions, violent recent history and Kosovo's fail...
Apr 17, 2020
Vox Media set to furlough 9% of employees due to coronavirus impact
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vox Media, the owner of New York magazine, on Friday announced it is furloughing 9% of its workers in an effort to cut spending as the company's revenues face the impact of the CO...
Apr 17, 2020
In lockdown Britain, ‘Mancunian Motivator’ brings fun and fitness to neighbours
By Will Russell CHIGWELL, England (Reuters) - In a suburban enclave on the northeastern fringes of London residents are having their heart rates - and their spirits - lifted by the "Mancunian Motivato...
Apr 17, 2020
GM dispatches first batch of ventilators for COVID-19 patients
(Reuters) - General Motors said on Friday it had started delivering the first batch of 54 ventilators to U.S. hospitals treating severely ill COVID-19 patients. GM said the Franciscan Health Olympia F...
Apr 17, 2020
Nigeria’s oil hub quarantines 22 Exxon Mobil workers: governor
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's Rivers State has quarantined 22 Exxon Mobil Corp. employees for violating an order introduced last month restricting movement into the state to curb the sp...
Apr 17, 2020
Trump says states, not U.S. government, must boost coronavirus testing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday pushed back against governors calling for the federal government to play a bigger role in ramping up and coordinating coronavirus screening...
Apr 17, 2020
Motor maker Weg emerges as battered Brazil stock market’s champion
By Paula Laier SAO PAULO (Reuters) - In a bleak year that has seen Brazil's Bovespa slump to the worst performance of any major world stock market amid a coronavirus-linked retreat from risk, electric...
Apr 17, 2020
Rolling Stones added to all-star lineup for Saturday’s global coronavirus concert
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones will join a star-studded global television broadcast on Saturday to honor healthcare workers on the front lines of the battle against the coronavirus pandemi...
Apr 17, 2020
Namibia suspends poultry imports from South Carolina, Ukraine due to bird flu
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia on Friday suspended imports and the in-transit movement of poultry and poultry products from South Carolina and the Ukraine following the outbreak of highly pathogenic avi...
Apr 17, 2020
Russia files protest after accusing Norway of detaining trawler near Svalbard
By Tom Balmforth and Nerijus Adomaitis MOSCOW/OSLO (Reuters) - Russia on Friday accused Norway's coastguards of detaining a Russian fishing trawler near a remote chain of islands in the Arctic earlier...
Apr 17, 2020
