Category Archives: Syndicated
U.S. prosecutors resist calls to free inmates as coronavirus spreads
By Brad Heath and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five inmates at a federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, have died since March 28 after contracting the coronavirus. Harold Lee's family fears he...
Apr 03, 2020
Cisco’s Webex draws record 324 million users in March
By Supantha Mukherjee (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc's video-conferencing app Webex registered a record 324 million attendees in March, with usage more than doubling in the Americas, as the coronavirus...
Apr 03, 2020
Turkey imposes curfew on youth, shuts borders of 31 cities: Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey imposed a partial curfew for citizens under the age of 20, effective as of midnight on Friday as part of measures against the coronavirus outbreak, Turkey's President Tayyi...
Apr 03, 2020
Exclusive: Amazon to delay marketing event Prime Day due to coronavirus
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is postponing its major summer shopping event Prime Day at least until August and expects potentially a $100 million hit from excess devices it may now have to sell at a dis...
Apr 03, 2020
Bulgaria extends state of emergency to halt spread of coronavirus
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's parliament approved the extension of a state of emergency by a month on Friday to stop the spread of the coronavirus, as the number of confirmed cases rose to 485. The Bla...
Apr 03, 2020
Ex-White House candidate Buttigieg forms PAC to support ‘forward-thinking’ Democrats
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, whose presidential campaign became a top fundraiser in the crowded Democratic primary, is forming a political ac...
Apr 03, 2020
Gymnastics – Russia coach urges team to stay in shape under quarantine
LONDON (Reuters) - The main concern for the coach of Russia's women's gymnastics team is that they do not gain weight in quarantine at home, she said after the squad's training camp was cancelled this...
Apr 03, 2020
Canada’s Ontario projects 80,000 coronavirus cases by April 30 under current measures
TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario health officials on Friday projected 80,000 coronavirus cases in the province, Canada's most heavily populated region, by April 30 under current public health measures and ...
Apr 03, 2020
Cycling – Tour going ahead would be ‘madness’, says former minister
(Reuters) - Allowing the Tour de France to go ahead as scheduled despite the COVID-19 pandemic would be "madness" and a "crime against humanity", former French sports minister David Douillet has said....
Apr 03, 2020
UK nowhere near running out of ventilators: senior medic
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is not "anywhere close" to the scenario of running out of ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients at the peak of the spread of the virus, England's Deputy Chief Medical Offic...
Apr 03, 2020
