Category Archives: Syndicated
Swiss coronavirus death toll climbs to 1,059, positive tests top 27,000
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 1,059 people, the country's public health agency said on Friday, rising from 1,017 on Thursday. The number of people showin...
Apr 17, 2020
UK to allow company meetings online or on the phone in pandemic
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Companies will be able to hold their annual shareholders' meeting over the phone or online during the coronavirus pandemic under a promised new law, Britain's business ...
Apr 17, 2020
Almost a third of Northern Ireland COVID-19 deaths outside hospitals
BELFAST (Reuters) - Forty-eight people died in Northern Irish care homes and private residences on top of the 109 COVID-19 hospital deaths reported a week ago, the region's statistics office said on F...
Apr 17, 2020
Ireland considering tougher airport checks against coronavirus
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland may have to bring in more stringent checks at its airports to ensure the coronavirus remains contained whenever the country eases stay-home restrictions, Health Minister Sim...
Apr 17, 2020
Futures jump on Trump’s restart plan, coronavirus drug hopes
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures jumped on Friday as President Donald Trump laid out plans to re-open the economy from coronavirus-induced lockdowns and on reports of encouraging da...
Apr 17, 2020
Estonia far right ousts third trade minister amid infighting
TALLINN (Reuters) - Estonia's far-right EKRE, part of the ruling coalition, has ousted the EU-member state's third trade minister since last year's elections amid political infighting as it battles th...
Apr 17, 2020
U.N. rights office says Myanmar carrying out air strikes in Rakhine state
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Myanmar army is carrying out "almost daily airstrikes and shelling" in the restive Rakhine and Chin states, where at least 32 civilians have been killed since March 23, the Unit...
Apr 17, 2020
Iran’s coronavirus death toll rises by 89 to 4,958: health ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the new coronavirus rose by 89 in the past 24 hours to reach 4,958 on Friday, health ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on state TV. The total number of ...
Apr 17, 2020
Australian nude drawing classes move online amid coronavirus
By Jill Gralow SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian life model Leigh Pitchford casually poses with a towel partly draped over his naked body, ready to be sketched by a group of art students in Sydney. Except...
Apr 17, 2020
In a coronavirus world, Biden seeks ways to close money gap with Trump
By Elizabeth Culliford, Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden is starting to get the help he needs to compete with President Donald Trump's massive election war chest, a...
Apr 17, 2020
