Category Archives: Syndicated
Belgian elderly get a lift from cherry-picking platforms
By Bart Biesemans and Christian Levaux BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Residents of a care home in Brussels got the chance to see family members in person for the first time since mid-March on Monday thanks to a...
Apr 27, 2020
Bosnian region eases lockdown on seniors, reopens some businesses
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic on Monday loosened restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, allowing seniors to leave homes for three hours each workday a...
Apr 27, 2020
U.S. FDA says steps needed to stop people drinking hand sanitizer
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday asked makers of hand sanitizers to add denatured alcohol to the products in order to make them less palatable in a bid to discourage people,...
Apr 27, 2020
Trump slams cities, states seeking coronavirus relief as ‘poorly run’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday slammed U.S. cities and states seeking federal aid to offset huge losses amid the coronavirus pandemic, accusing them of being "poorly run"...
Apr 27, 2020
Pace of Canada’s coronavirus deaths slows further; major province mulls reopening
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's death toll from the coronavirus grew by less than 10% for the eighth day in a row, data showed on Monday, and Canada's most populous province prepared to explain how it int...
Apr 27, 2020
Israel to reopen some schools on Sunday if coronavirus curve allows
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will begin a staggered reopening of schools next week if the latest health data does not warn of heightened coronavirus risk, Prime Minister Benjamin Netan...
Apr 27, 2020
NYC will close some streets to cars, expand sidewalks during coronavirus: mayor
By Tina Bellon NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City, the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, will close some streets to vehicle traffic, expand sidewalks and create temporary bike lanes to offer...
Apr 27, 2020
Coronavirus stirs rancour in South Africa on democracy anniversary
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's divisions over race and wealth inequality, which the COVID-19 crisis had briefly sidelined, returned to the fore on Monday's 26th anniversary of th...
Apr 27, 2020
UAE tells banks to freeze accounts of NMC founder Shetty, others: sources
By Saeed Azhar DUBAI (Reuters) - United Arab Emirates lenders have been told by the central bank to freeze the accounts of NMC Health shareholder BR Shetty and his family, three sources with knowledge...
Apr 27, 2020
Italy wants to reopen. Businesses ask: where’s the money?
By Valentina Za, Stefano Bernabei and Andrea Mandala AMELIA, Italy (Reuters) - When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Roberto Ferraro to shut the patisserie he runs in Amelia, a scenic hilltop town in cent...
Apr 27, 2020
