Category Archives: Syndicated
German minister: Coronavirus crisis won’t make Brexit easier
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said the coronavirus crisis would not make Brexit negotiations easier, adding that Berlin would use its EU presidency in the second half of the ye...
Apr 24, 2020
Weightlifting: IWF relocates to Switzerland under acting president Papandrea
(Reuters) - The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) will relocate to Switzerland from Hungary following the resignation of Tamas Ajan as president last week, acting chief Ursula Papandrea tol...
Apr 24, 2020
French court to rule on Amazon union spat as vendors struggle
By Sarah White and Gwnalle Barzic PARIS (Reuters) - A French court will on Friday decide whether to back Amazon's appeal against an order to restrict the goods it can deliver, which led it to close it...
Apr 24, 2020
Few hundred daily coronavirus cases will enable easing lockdown: Germany’s RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany needs to fall to a few hundred a day to enable further easing of lockdown measures, the Robert Koch Institute for infectious dis...
Apr 24, 2020
No touching: locked-down care home residents reunite with family
VILLENEUVE-LOUBET, France (Reuters) - Cecile Oury could not embrace her mother, an 89-year-old resident of a French nursing home, and they were divided by a transparent plastic screen, but they were a...
Apr 24, 2020
Indonesia reports 436 new coronavirus cases, biggest daily jump
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported its biggest daily jump in coronavirus infections after identifying 436 new cases, taking the total to 8,211, data provided by health ministry official Achmad Yur...
Apr 24, 2020
From stage to supermarket: London lighting designer turns delivery driver
LONDON (Reuters) - When the coronavirus epidemic struck, Elliot Griggs was working on a new stage production in London. As soon as rehearsals closed down, the 31-year-old lighting designer decided to ...
Apr 24, 2020
Bosnia junior swimming champion makes do with tiny pool in greenhouse
By Dado Ruvic DOBOJ, Bosnia (Reuters) - Competitive swimmers around the world had their training plans scuppered when coronavirus lockdowns forced the closure of most pools. Not so in the case of Bosn...
Apr 24, 2020
Malaysia reports 88 new coronavirus cases and one new death
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian health authorities on Friday reported 88 new coronavirus cases and one more death. That brought the cumulative total to 5,691 cases in Malaysia, with the daily rise ...
Apr 24, 2020
Vigilant against coronavirus, Asia’s Muslims keep faith and distance as Ramadan begins
By Kate Lamb JAKARTA (Reuters) - Governments of Asian nations with large Muslim populations urged people to keep their distance while observing their faith as Islam's fasting month of Ramadan began on...
Apr 24, 2020
