Category Archives: Syndicated
One in eight of Portugal’s coronavirus-related deaths in care homes as outbreak spreads
By Victoria Waldersee LISBON (Reuters) - The coronavirus outbreak spread further into Portuguese care homes over the Easter weekend, with 100 new cases of COVID-19 reported in a single residence and c...
Apr 12, 2020
With 20,500 coronavirus deaths, 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 m...
Apr 12, 2020
Israel closes off Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox areas to stem coronavirus spread
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel locked down mainly ultra-Orthodox Jewish areas of Jerusalem on Sunday to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus from the densely populated neighbourhoods where the i...
Apr 12, 2020
Taiwan says Chinese carrier group drills close to island
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A Chinese naval flotilla led by the country's first aircraft carrier passed by the eastern and southern coasts of Taiwan on Sunday to carry out drills, the island's defence ministry...
Apr 12, 2020
Bulgarian churches open for Easter, but only most devout go
By Tsvetelia Tsolova SOFIA (Reuters) - Clad in protective masks and gloves, a few dozen pious Orthodox Christians prayed for health on Sunday at the Bulgarian capital Sofia's expansive Saint Nedelya C...
Apr 12, 2020
U.S. officials hopeful about May 1 target date for reopening U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration views May 1 as a target date for relaxing stay-at-home restrictions across the United States, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn sai...
Apr 12, 2020
OPEC, allies to confer on Sunday to try to end standoff over cuts plan: sources
DUBAI (Reuters) - OPEC and its allies will hold a virtual meeting on Sunday evening in a bid to end a standoff that has prevented the finalisation of a global oil supply cut pact, six OPEC+ sources sa...
Apr 12, 2020
British PM Johnson discharged from hospital: statement
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from a London hospital as he continues his recovery from COVID-19, his office said on Sunday. "On the advice of his medical ...
Apr 12, 2020
Dutch coronavirus infections top 25,000, deaths rise to 2,737 deaths
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands has topped 25,000, health authorities said on Sunday, with the number of deaths rising by 94 to 2,737. The Netherland...
Apr 12, 2020
Hungarian triathlon champion who works with COVID-19 patients baptized at Easter
By Bernadett Szabo and Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Akos Vanek, a former triathlon World Cup winner, works as a paramedic these days in Budapest taking patients ill with COVID-19 to hospital a...
Apr 12, 2020
