Category Archives: Syndicated
Saudi-led truce in Yemen expires amid fears of coronavirus disaster
By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI (Reuters) - A two-week ceasefire in Yemen announced by a Saudi-led military coalition expired on Thursday without leading to a permanent truce, raising fears that the country...
Apr 23, 2020
UK budget deficit in 2019/20 could be a lot higher: OBR
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's budget watchdog said the country's budget deficit in the recently ended 2019/20 financial year might significantly bigger than announced earlier on Thursday because of the...
Apr 23, 2020
U.S. air fares extend decline as Europe and Asia bottom out: Skytra
PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. air fares are approaching a 40% decline and still falling while ticket pricing in Europe and Asia is bottoming out, according to data (https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook...
Apr 23, 2020
German court opens first Syria torture trial
By Petra Wischgoll KOBLENZ, Germany (Reuters) - Two suspected members of President Bashar al-Assad's security services had charges of torture and sexual assault read out against them on Thursday in a ...
Apr 23, 2020
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews take to internet in coronavirus lockdown
By Tova Cohen and Steven Scheer TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's religiously devout Jews, who traditionally shun the use of internet or smartphones, are increasingly going online to shop, study and video...
Apr 23, 2020
U.S. House set to pass $500 billion in coronavirus relief as unemployment soars
By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of members of the U.S. House of Representatives will gather in Washington on Thursday to pass a $484 billion coronavirus relief b...
Apr 23, 2020
ICRC donates vital medical equipment to Gaza in coronavirus crisis
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday donated vital intensive care equipment to Gaza hospitals but said they remain underequipped for an...
Apr 23, 2020
PETA offers Spain’s Pamplona cash to ban bull-running for good
By Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - Seizing on a rare cancellation of Spain's world-famous bull-running festival in Pamplona due to the coronavirus, animal rights group PETA offered 250,000 euros ($269,...
Apr 23, 2020
Poland to require notification of takeovers by investors from outside EU
WARSAW (Reuters) - The Polish government will have to be notified of any planned takeovers of Polish companies by investors from outside the EU, Deputy Prime Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz said on Thursda...
Apr 23, 2020
European firms step up COVID-19 vaccines work, UK team starts human trials
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists in Britain began clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday as other vaccine developers across Europe also stepped up work on their own e...
Apr 23, 2020
