Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Swiss lawmakers, business leaders demand improved COVID-19 response
ZURICH (Reuters) - A group of Swiss business leaders and lawmakers have demanded the government speed up vaccinations and develop a plan for its nationwide testing drive to tackle the rising number of...
Mar 21, 2021
Malta's former chief of staff Schembri charged with money laundering
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Keith Schembri, the former chief of staff of ex-Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, was arraigned in court late on Saturday charged with money laundering, fraud and corruption, ...
Mar 21, 2021
Turkey says five killed in hospital shelling in Syria's Idlib
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's defence ministry said on Sunday five people were killed and 10 injured in an artillery attack by Damascus-backed forces on a hospital in the northeast Idlib region, where...
Mar 21, 2021
Philippines says Chinese militia boats' in South China Sea violate its maritime rights
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' defence minister called on China on Sunday to recall some 220 Chinese militia boats spotted in the disputed South China Sea, saying the presence of the vessels was ...
Mar 21, 2021
Philippines tightens coronavirus curbs as cases top 7,000 for third day
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will expand tighter COVID-19 rules to include four provinces surrounding the capital Manila, and restrict travel to and from these areas for two weeks beginning on M...
Mar 21, 2021
German COVID-19 numbers surge, strengthening case for lockdown
BERLIN (Reuters) - The rate at which Germans are getting infected with the coronavirus has jumped above the level at which authorities say healthcare systems will be overburdened, raising pressure on ...
Mar 21, 2021
We're in a difficult place in Northern Ireland, says EU commissioner
LONDON (Reuters) - Northern Ireland is in a difficult situation as it deals with the consequences of Brexit, and Britain and the European Union need to reduce tensions and find solutions as equal part...
Mar 21, 2021
Chicago suburb's plan to pay Black residents reparations could be a national model
By Brendan O'Brien and Joseph Ax EVANSTON, Ill. (Reuters) - Decades ago, in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Cordelia Clark ran a restaurant out of her kitchen and parked cabs for her taxi company in h...
Mar 21, 2021
Turkey's new cenbank head to meet bankers Sunday amid questions: sources
By Ebru Tuncay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's new central bank chief will hold a call with bank CEOs on Sunday afternoon, a day after he was appointed in a shock leadership overhaul that left investors...
Mar 21, 2021
Pandemic leaves digital laggard Italy scrambling to catch up
By Valentina Za, Elisa Anzolin and Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) - Small Italian car filter supplier Ecofiltri took out a state-backed loan last year, just like thousands of other businesses fighting...
Mar 21, 2021
