Category Archives: Syndicated
Portuguese priest celebrates Easter from convertible microcar
LISBON (Reuters) - Father Nuno Westwood turned the sunroof of a microcar into a pulpit on Sunday to deliver an Easter service on the move through his parish on the outskirts of Lisbon where the corona...
Apr 12, 2020
Shelling across Pakistan-India border kills three
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Shelling across the border between India and Pakistan killed three Indian civilians and wounded two Pakistani civilians, military officials from the two sides said on Sunda...
Apr 12, 2020
Italy’s daily coronavirus death tally lowest since March 19
ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 431 on Sunday, down from 619 the day before, and the number of new cases slowed to 4,092 from a previous 4,694. The tally of deaths ...
Apr 12, 2020
Displaced Syrians wary of coronavirus risk return to war-torn Idlib
By Khalil Ashawi IDLIB, Syria (Reuters) - Thousands of displaced Syrians have begun moving back to their homes in war-torn Idlib province despite the risk of renewed conflict, some driven by fear that...
Apr 12, 2020
Smithfield shutting U.S. pork plant indefinitely, warns of meat shortages during pandemic
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods, the world's biggest pork processor, said on Sunday it will shut a U.S. plant indefinitely due to a rash of coronavirus cases among employees and w...
Apr 12, 2020
OPEC, Russia meet again to approve biggest ever oil cut
By Katya Golubkova, Rania El Gamal and Ahmad Ghaddar BAKU/DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC, Russia and other oil producing nations were meeting on Sunday in a bid to clinch a deal on the biggest oil cut ...
Apr 12, 2020
U.S. spends Easter Sunday on lockdown
(Reuters) - Americans spent Sunday on lockdown as the U.S. toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic surpassed 20,500 deaths and more than half a million confirmed cases over the Easter weekend. With a...
Apr 12, 2020
Canada coronavirus deaths rise by more than 12% to 674: public health agency
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The number of people killed by the coronavirus in Canada rose by more than 12% to 674 in a day, official data posted by the public health agency showed on Sunday. By 11:00 eastern t...
Apr 12, 2020
Assange fathered two children while holed up in embassy, lawyer says
LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with a lawyer who was representing him while he was holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London fighting extradition, the law...
Apr 12, 2020
Etihad to operate special flights to Europe, Japan this month: statement
DUBAI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways said on Sunday it would operate special flights to Brussels, Dublin, London, Tokyo and Zurich between April 14 and 22. The United Arab Emirates is permitti...
Apr 12, 2020
