Category Archives: Syndicated
Moscow warns it faces coronavirus hospital bed shortage within weeks
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Authorities in Moscow have warned that the Russian capital may run out of hospital beds to treat a rising influx of coronavirus patients in the next two to three weeks despite frant...
Apr 14, 2020
Southeast Asian leaders vow to cooperate in coronavirus fight
HANOI (Reuters) - Southeast Asian leaders agreed at their first video conference summit on Tuesday to fight together against the "gravest public health crisis" in 100 years to make the region safe aga...
Apr 14, 2020
China’s 2020 GDP growth set to sink to 44-year low as coronavirus cripples economy: Reuters poll
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economic growth is set to stumble to its slowest annual pace in nearly half a century, as the coronavirus health crisis shutters businesses and brings the global economy to...
Apr 14, 2020
Germany can’t say yet that new coronavirus cases are falling: institute
BERLIN (Reuters) - A lower number of new coronavirus cases in Germany in recent days is likely due to less testing over the Easter holiday, the head of the Robert Koch health institute said on Tuesday...
Apr 14, 2020
UK media regulator to assess ITV programme over 5G-coronavirus conspiracy comments
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's media regulator Ofcom is assessing an ITV programme after a presenter questioned why the mainstream media had slapped down a conspiracy theory linking the spread of the co...
Apr 14, 2020
Forest fire around defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant put out, Ukraine government says
KIEV (Reuters) - A huge blaze that tore through forests around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant has been put out, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday, saying hundreds of emergency workers had used ...
Apr 14, 2020
Philippines’ coronavirus cases top 5,000, 20 more deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine health ministry on Tuesday reported 20 more deaths linked to the new coronavirus and 291 more cases. In a bulletin, the health ministry said total infections have rea...
Apr 14, 2020
Amazon fires two employees critical of warehouse working conditions
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it terminated two employees, who criticized the working conditions at the e-commerce giant's warehouses in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, for "repeate...
Apr 14, 2020
Kyrgyzstan extends coronavirus emergency
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday extended until April 30 the state of emergency introduced in its two major cities and several districts due to the coronavirus outbreak, President Sooronbai J...
Apr 14, 2020
Sex toy sales take off amid Colombia’s coronavirus quarantine
By Steven Grattan BOGOTA (Reuters) - Gerson Monje holds up his cellphone to proudly show off his online sex shop. A red banner reading "sold out!" is plastered across half of the products. While most ...
Apr 14, 2020
