Category Archives: Syndicated
French COVID tracing app will not be ready when parliament debates it
PARIS (Reuters) - France's state-supported tracing app project "StopCovid" will not be ready when parliament debates it on April 28-29, the minister for digital affairs Cedric O said on Friday. The sm...
Apr 17, 2020
Scammers try to cash in on lockdown passes in virus-hit Moscow
By Nadezhda Tsydenova and Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fraudsters are trying to cash in on a new coronavirus travel permit system in Moscow by offering to help people illegally circumvent it for ca...
Apr 17, 2020
Russian coach gets four-year ban for trying to bribe official
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian track and field coach Andrei Eremenko has been banned for four years after attempting to bribe a dope tester in 2017, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said in a stat...
Apr 17, 2020
Russian firms face net foreign debt repayment of $22 billion in second and third quarter
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian companies will have to carry out net foreign debt repayments of $12.6 billion in the second quarter and $9.4 billion in the third quarter, the Russian central bank said on F...
Apr 17, 2020
Dutch deaths April 6-12 2,000 higher than normal: statistics agency
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Deaths in the Netherlands in the week of April 6-12 were around 2,000 higher than in an average week, national statistics agency CBS said on Friday. The National Institute for Pu...
Apr 17, 2020
Portugal’s car parts makers resume production as coronavirus spread slows
By Victoria Waldersee LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese car component manufacturers, among the country's top exporters, are calling thousands of employees back to work even before a nationwide COVID-19 lo...
Apr 17, 2020
Singapore reports 623 new COVID-19 cases taking total infections to 5050
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore reported 623 new coronavirus cases on Friday taking the city-state's total infections to 5050. The health ministry said the majority of the cases were foreign workers i...
Apr 17, 2020
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
