Category Archives: Syndicated
U.S. House of Representatives will not return to Washington next week: Hoyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will not return to Washington next week as planned, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday, citing health concerns amid a still-rising num...
Apr 28, 2020
French soccer, other sports competitions will not resume before September: PM
PARIS (Reuters) - French professional soccer, rugby and other league sports will not be allowed to return before September, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Tuesday, in comments that appeared t...
Apr 28, 2020
Coronavirus probably circulating in Yemen, U.N. says, amid funding shortage
DUBAI (Reuters) - There is a "very real probability" the new coronavirus is circulating in Yemen, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning that an aid funding shortfall would compromise efforts to ...
Apr 28, 2020
Greece unveils plan to ease lockdown, hopes for tourism revival
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis unveiled on Tuesday the country's plan to ease a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. "We are ready to proceed to ...
Apr 28, 2020
Bayer board wins shareholder vote of approval at AGM
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bayer shareholders on Tuesday voted in favour of ratifying the executive board's business conduct during 2019, following a rebuke a year earlier. At the annual shareholder meetin...
Apr 28, 2020
Dutch lift bird flu restrictions on poultry farms
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands will from Wednesday no longer require commercial poultry farmers to keep their birds confined indoors as the risk of bird flu has eased, the agriculture minister ...
Apr 28, 2020
Special Report: Cyber-intel firms pitch governments on spy tools to trace coronavirus
By Joel Schectman, Christopher Bing and Jack Stubbs WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When law enforcement agencies want to gather evidence locked inside an iPhone, they often turn to hacking software from the I...
Apr 28, 2020
Putin extends Russia’s non-working period due to coronavirus until May 11
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday extended a non-working period in Russia aimed at containing the spread of the novel coronavirus until May 11, speaking during a televised meeting...
Apr 28, 2020
Another coronavirus aid bill could spur U.S. growth: White House adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fourth coronavirus response bill could help spur economic growth in the second half of 2020, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett told CNN on Tuesday as Republicans and ...
Apr 28, 2020
Ivory Coast presidential candidate Soro sentenced to 20 years in prison
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Guillaume Soro, a candidate for president in Ivory Coast and former rebel leader, was convicted in absentia on Tuesday of embezzlement and sentenced to 20 years in prison, the judg...
Apr 28, 2020
