Category Archives: Syndicated
Hungary eases coronavirus restrictions outside Budapest
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday lifted some restrictions outside Budapest imposed to contain the coronavirus outbreak, saying shops and restaurant terraces will...
Apr 29, 2020
UK envoy in Washington backs probe into origins of pandemic, WHO reforms
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's ambassador to the United States on Wednesday backed calls for an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus and the response of the World Health Or...
Apr 29, 2020
Crime crumbles in coronavirus hit Italy, but loan-sharking jumps
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's crime rate slumped 66.6% in March, thanks to a government lockdown introduced to halt the coronavirus, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. However, the ministry warned th...
Apr 29, 2020
Big U.S. banks to be temporarily locked out of small business lending program – SBA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Small Business Administration on Wednesday said it would be temporarily closing its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) assistance program for small businesses to all but the ...
Apr 29, 2020
Cyprus announces partial easing of lockdown from May 4
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus will begin easing its tight coronavirus lockdown by allowing some businesses to reopen beginning on May 4, with restrictions on movement to be lifted on May 21, President Ni...
Apr 29, 2020
Most Americans cannot or will not use COVID-19 contact tracing apps: poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than half of all Americans either do not own smartphones or would not use apps backed by Alphabet Inc's Google and Apple Inc to trace who has been exposed to the new corona...
Apr 29, 2020
U.S. House panel seeks details on agency’s talks over Washington Trump hotel
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump's administration to hand over details on any talks between his company ...
Apr 29, 2020
Apple, Google to release early versions of contact tracing tool to developers
(Reuters) - Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google would release two early versions this week of their proposed technology to slow coronavirus spread to select developers for testing purposes, the compan...
Apr 29, 2020
Report: MLB considers three 10-team divisions for 2020
One division could house the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and New York Mets. Another would toss the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals into the same 10-team alignment. This is...
Apr 29, 2020
UK to be ‘extremely careful’ in relaxing rules on outdoor activities
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will think very carefully about relaxing lockdown rules regarding open-air activities, despite evidence that transmission of the coronavirus is less likely ou...
Apr 29, 2020
