Category Archives: Syndicated
Coronavirus death of pregnant woman in federal prison prompts outrage in Congress
By Mark Hosenball and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats condemned the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for its treatment of a 30-year-old incarcerated pregnant woman who die...
Apr 30, 2020
Coronavirus to accelerate UK grocery’s digital shift, says Sainsbury’s boss
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating a digital shift in UK grocery shopping as Britons embrace home delivery, click and collect and technologies such as in-store ...
Apr 30, 2020
Canada’s total coronavirus death toll rises 6% in a day: official data
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The total number of people killed by the coronavirus in Canada rose by 6% to 3,082 in a day, official data posted by the public health agency showed on Thursday. The figure for thos...
Apr 30, 2020
Ecuador has stabilized number of new coronavirus cases: president
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno said on Thursday that the number of new coronavirus cases had stabilized and death counts were falling after the outbreak overwhelmed sanitary autho...
Apr 30, 2020
U.S. states grapple with reopening as virus forces millions more jobless claims
By Doina Chiacu and Maria Caspani WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than two dozen U.S. states moved ahead with plans to relax restrictions on business and social life, hoping to reverse the econom...
Apr 30, 2020
Coronavirus was ‘not manmade or genetically modified’: U.S. spy agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. spy agency said for the first time on Thursday that the American intelligence community believes the COVID-19 virus that originated in China was not manmade or gene...
Apr 30, 2020
Germany postpones decision on new start for schools, Bundesliga: Focus Online
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's federal government and states on Thursday postponed a decision on fully reopening schools and kindergartens and resuming Bundesliga soccer matches, Focus Online news magaz...
Apr 30, 2020
U.S. envoy wants Turkey to press militants in Syria’s Idlib
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Syria special envoy Jim Jeffrey said on Thursday he hoped Turkey would maintain pressure on militant groups including the jihadist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria's oppositio...
Apr 30, 2020
Britain scraps sales tax on personal protective equipment
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will temporarily scrap sales tax on purchases of essential personal protective equipment, the finance ministry said on Thursday, seeking to ease the finances of care homes, ...
Apr 30, 2020
Nissan plans to restart output at UK’s biggest car factory in June
LONDON (Reuters) - Nissan will restart phased production in early June at its northern English Sunderland factory, Britain's biggest car plant, as the sector tries to resume operations amid the corona...
Apr 30, 2020
