Category Archives: Syndicated
Netherlands refuses to ‘Go Dutch’ on EU coronavirus debt
By Gabriela Baczynska and Anthony Deutsch BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - As the European Union spars over an emergency economic package for countries reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dutch have...
Apr 09, 2020
Fans of card games resort to playing via video chat during social distancing
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Fans of popular group card games including Codenames, Spyfall and Cards Against Humanity have turned to playing unofficial online versions during video c...
Apr 09, 2020
Ugandan leader, who once belted out a rap, releases workout video
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's 75-year-old leader, known for his folksy style, released a workout video on Thursday, saying it shows citizens how to exercise in confined spaces as t...
Apr 09, 2020
Moscow zoo’s giant pandas miss their usual visitors amid lockdown
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow's zoo said on Thursday that its two giant pandas appeared to miss their usual flow of visitors and were clearly hankering after more human interaction with the city in lockdo...
Apr 09, 2020
Bank of England gives banks extra checkup as virus slams economy
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England will give Britain's financial system an extra health check next month to make sure it can handle the coronavirus outbreak's colossal impact on the world's fifth-...
Apr 09, 2020
Brazil lockdowns, attacked by Bolsonaro, begin to slip
By Gabriela Mello and Rodrigo Viga Gaier SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Lockdowns in Brazil's largest cities to slow the coronavirus outbreak are beginning to slip, according to new data this we...
Apr 09, 2020
As contagion slows, prudent Portugal won’t ease lockdown
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa said it was too soon to lift a lockdown to slow the novel coronavirus, even though the number of cases in the country is m...
Apr 09, 2020
Italian prosecutors probe coronavirus crisis in nursing homes
By Emilio Parodi and Silvia Aloisi MILAN (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors are investigating whether malpractice helped spread a coronavirus outbreak in nursing homes in Milan and the surrounding Lombar...
Apr 09, 2020
Coronavirus cases in Ireland top 6,500, ICU admissions stablise
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The total confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ireland rose by 500 to 6,574 on Thursday, the highest daily total so far, although health officials said a stabilisation in the numbers a...
Apr 09, 2020
Love during lockdown: South African couple hold backyard ‘wedding’
By Tanisha Heiberg JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Undeterred by a coronavirus diagnosis the day he was due to wed and curbs on gatherings that halted the ceremony, a South African has exchanged marriage vow...
Apr 09, 2020
