Category Archives: Syndicated
‘Iron Lady’ Hosszu sees positives in Olympic postponement
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Katinka Hosszu, Hungary's 'Iron Lady' of swimming, will be 32 by the time the postponed Tokyo Olympics come around but rivals expecting to see signs of rust by 2021 ...
Apr 03, 2020
‘Ridiculous’ block-long lines at banks greet Argentine pensioners, at high risk for coronavirus
By Eliana Raszewski and Miguel Lobianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's elderly, the highest-risk group for coronavirus complications, crowded in long lines on Friday to withdraw pensions as bank...
Apr 03, 2020
Exclusive: Jump in Jakarta funerals raises fears of unreported coronavirus deaths
By Tom Allard, Kanupriya Kapoor and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - The number of funerals in Jakarta rose sharply in March, a development the governor of Indonesia's capital city said suggested ...
Apr 03, 2020
Any one near Trump or Pence will be given rapid coronavirus test: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the coronavirus contagion spreading, the White House said on Friday that anyone expected to be near President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence will be given a rapi...
Apr 03, 2020
Three VOIP companies may lose providers if coronavirus robocalls continue, U.S. agencies say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three voice over internet providers may lose access to the U.S. telecom network if they do not stop allowing their service to be used by robocallers touting coronavirus and othe...
Apr 03, 2020
Thailand suspends incoming passenger flights to fight coronavirus
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will temporarily ban all passenger flights from landing in the country to curb the outbreak of the new coronavirus, the country's aviation agency said on Friday. The ban o...
Apr 03, 2020
U.S. Army Corps looking at over 650 sites for facilities to help combat coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Army Corps of Engineers has looked at more than 650 sites around the United States that could be potentially used as facilities to help deal with the coronavirus, the comman...
Apr 03, 2020
UK has 2,000 critical care beds free for coronavirus: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has more than 2,000 critical care beds still free for use in the fight against the new coronavirus, health minister Matt Hancock said on Friday. The Nightingale Hospital, a ...
Apr 03, 2020
Disney to release ‘Mulan’ in July as part of virus-related movie shuffle
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co will release the action epic "Mulan" in movie theaters in July and Marvel's "Black Widow" in November, the company said on Friday as it reshuffled a schedule dis...
Apr 03, 2020
In parts of Latin America, water shortages undermine battle with coronavirus
By Robenson Sanon and Sarah Marsh PORT-AU-PRINCE/HAVANA (Reuters) - Every day, Fontus Pierre Raymond wakes up at the crack of dawn to get in line to fill buckets of water at the communal tap in his de...
Apr 03, 2020
