Category Archives: Syndicated
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
Buildings closed by coronavirus face another risk: Legionnaires’ disease
By John Shiffman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Commercial buildings shuttered for weeks to stem the spread of the coronavirus could fuel another grisly lung infection: Legionnaires' disease. Public health ex...
Apr 24, 2020
Here’s why you can’t find frozen fries, while U.S. farmers are sitting on tons of potatoes
By Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) - Shopper Lexie Mayewski is having a hard time finding frozen french fries in Washington, D.C.-area supermarkets in the wake of coronavirus-fueled stockpiling. On the other...
Apr 24, 2020
U.S. food banks run short on staples as hunger soars
By Michelle Conlin, Lisa Baertlein and Christopher Walljasper (Reuters) - It's pitch black in El Paso, Texas, when the minivans and pickups start lining up at 4 a.m., snaking for more than a mile down...
Apr 24, 2020
Russia to open 1,000-bed hospital in exhibition centre by end of the week
By Katya Golubkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - A temporary hospital in St Petersburg with just over 1,000 beds for coronavirus patients will open in the city's Lenexpo exhibition centre by the end of the week,...
Apr 24, 2020
Land Bank debt default draws attention to South African state firms’ finances
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African state-owned bank which lends to the agricultural sector said on Friday it had defaulted on payments on two bond programmes worth a combined 50 billion rand ($2...
Apr 24, 2020
