Category Archives: Syndicated
Georgia expects its economy to contract 4% in 2020: prime minister
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia expects its economy to contract 4% in 2020 due to the spread of the coronavirus, the ex-Soviet country's prime minister said on Friday. Giorgi Gakharia told the government ...
Apr 24, 2020
Lysol maker says don’t inject disinfectant after Trump remarks
(Reuters) - Lysol and Dettol maker Reckitt Benckiser said on Friday its disinfectants should not be administered to humans, after U.S. President Donald Trump said researchers should try putting disinf...
Apr 24, 2020
Spain records lowest number of daily coronavirus deaths in over a month
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain said on Friday the number of daily coronavirus-related fatalities fell to its lowest level in more than a month, with 367 deaths in the previous 24 hours. That took total fata...
Apr 24, 2020
Transport for London to furlough 7,000 staff, access UK job retention scheme
LONDON (Reuters) - Transport for London (TFL) said on Friday it would place 7,000 staff on furlough and access the British government's job retention scheme, saving nearly 16 million pounds ($19.72 mi...
Apr 24, 2020
Coronavirus lockdown pushes refugees in Russia to the brink
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Khatera Noory, an Afghan refugee in Moscow, says her family of six would starve without charity food donations. Noory's husband Zabiullah used to have a steady job as a labourer in ...
Apr 24, 2020
Arctic surfers ride out Norway’s coronavirus blues
By Elin Lindkvist UNSTAD, Norway (Reuters) - The surfer in the black wetsuit rides the wave as it crests against a backdrop of snow-covered hills and leaden skies, wiping out close to shore before get...
Apr 24, 2020
U.S. coronavirus death toll expected to reach 50,000 on Friday
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - The U.S. death toll from the novel coronavirus is expected to reach 50,000 on Friday, doubling in 10 days and the highest in the world, according to a Reuters tally. About...
Apr 24, 2020
Truce over: U.S. Congress heads to partisan battle on coronavirus aid for states
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After passing $3 trillion of coronavirus relief in a rare seven-week run of bipartisanship, the U.S. Congress is headed back to its normal state of conflict, wi...
Apr 24, 2020
Afghanistan’s Taliban reject call for Ramadan ceasefire
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban have rejected an Afghan government call for a ceasefire for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and to let authorities focus on tackling the coronaviru...
Apr 24, 2020
Iran coronavirus death toll rises by 93 to 5,574: health official
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the new coronavirus rose by 93 on Friday, to reach a total of 5,574, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on state TV. The total number of people di...
Apr 24, 2020
