Category Archives: Syndicated
Foreign doctors’ hopes for fast-track pandemic licenses in Canada fading
By Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's effort to fast-track careers of foreign-trained doctors to meet growing patient numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in only about two doze...
Jul 12, 2020
Canada’s cautious school reopening plans leave moms in the lurch
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - April van Ert should have been relieved when her son's Vancouver school reopened on June 1. For months she had been juggling her busy job and her 11-year-old son's e...
Jul 12, 2020
WeWork expects to have positive cash flow in 2021: FT
(Reuters) - WeWork Executive Chairman Marcelo Claure said the office-sharing company was on course to have positive cash flow in 2021, a year earlier than a target the company set in February, the Fin...
Jul 12, 2020
DC United v Toronto MLS game postponed due to virus test results
(Reuters) - The Major League Soccer (MLS) game between D.C. United and Toronto FC on Sunday has been postponed after tests conducted on the players produced an unconfirmed positive COVID-19 case and a...
Jul 12, 2020
Lebanon records new coronavirus infection high with more than 100 cases
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon has recorded more than 100 new coronavirus infections in the last day, its highest daily increase yet, with most of the cases among workers of a cleaning company, the health...
Jul 12, 2020
Irish central bank governor sceptical about VAT cut
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's central bank governor is sceptical about a cut to VAT under consideration by government to help boost the economy, saying on Sunday that it should not be the main measure ...
Jul 12, 2020
Bank of Israel sees 2020 budget deficit 13% of GDP, backs new aid package
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron on Sunday threw his support behind a second stimulus package to help those hurt by the coronavirus outbreak despite the extra spending that is ...
Jul 12, 2020
German meatpacker under fire for requesting government support after COVID-19 outbreak
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German meat processing company whose plant was at the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak that forced the authorities to reimpose a local lockdown came under fire from politicians on ...
Jul 12, 2020
Sudan to allow drinking alcohol for non-Muslims, ban FGM
By Khaled Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan will permit non-Muslims to consume alcohol and strengthen women's rights, including banning female genital mutilation (FGM), its justice minister said la...
Jul 12, 2020
Lebanese Christian cleric seen to criticize Hezbollah, allies over crisis
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's top Christian cleric stepped up criticism of the Iran-backed Shi'ite group Hezbollah and its allies without naming them on Sunday, saying Lebanese rejected being isolated ...
Jul 12, 2020
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