Category Archives: Syndicated
From filmmaker to medicine courier: volunteers helped Wuhan’s virus fight
By Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) - While most people in the Chinese city of Wuhan were hunkered down in their homes at the height of the country's coronavirus outbreak, Lin Wenhua was out on the e...
Apr 06, 2020
Hall of Fame Tigers outfielder Al Kaline dies aged 85
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - Baseball Hall of Famer Al Kaline, one of the most beloved and distinguished players of his era who spent his entire 22-year Major League Baseball career with the Detroit Ti...
Apr 06, 2020
Mexico reports 296 new coronavirus cases, bringing total to 2,439
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has registered 296 new coronavirus infections, bringing the country's total to 2,439 cases and 125 deaths, the health ministry said in a press conference on Monday. (Thi...
Apr 06, 2020
Australian High Court quashes conviction of Cardinal Pell on sex offenses
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's highest court on Tuesday overturned former Vatican treasurer George Pell's conviction for sexually assaulting two teenaged choirboys in the 1990s, Australian media re...
Apr 06, 2020
Panama reports 112 new coronavirus cases, bringing total to 2,100
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama has registered 112 new coronavirus infections, bringing the country's total to 2,100 confirmed cases and 55 deaths, the health ministry said on Monday. (Reporting by Eli...
Apr 06, 2020
Crusaders’ players public training ‘unacceptable’ says New Zealand Rugby
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Rugby has labelled as "unacceptable" the actions of a group of Canterbury Crusaders players who breached the country's strict coronavirus lockdown rules on Monday by...
Apr 06, 2020
Social groups urge mass debt relief for poor countries hit by crisis
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly 140 campaign groups and charities urged the IMF and World Bank, G20 governments and private creditors on Tuesday to help the world's poorest countries through t...
Apr 06, 2020
Japan PM Abe says fiscal spending under stimulus plan to total 39 trillion yen: Jiji
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said direct fiscal spending under the government's stimulus package to combat the coronavirus pandemic will total 39 trillion yen ($357 billion), J...
Apr 06, 2020
Asian shares poised to climb after Wall Street rallies
By Chris Prentice (Reuters) - Asian markets looked poised on Tuesday to attempt another day of gains after stocks rallied on signs of a slowdown in coronavirus-related deaths, as oil prices resumed th...
Apr 06, 2020
Brazil army report calls for isolation to slow coronavirus, contradicting Bolsonaro
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - A report published by the Brazilian army's strategic studies center last week contradicts President Jair Bolsonaro by calling for widespread isolation to fight t...
Apr 06, 2020
