Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bosnia sets local polls for October 4, but Mostar excluded again
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia will hold local elections on Oct. 4 but Mostar, an ethnically divided town in the south of the Balkan country where no vote has been held since 2008, will be exempted again...
May 07, 2020
Finland's government to work remotely due to possible coronavirus exposure
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's government will work remotely at least until the end of this week as a precaution, it said on Thursday, after two ministers were possibly exposed to the coronavirus this...
May 07, 2020
'What's the point of staying?': Gulf faces expatriate exodus
By Davide Barbuscia and Marwa Rashad DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) - A popular Saudi talk show host told private businesses this week it was their national duty to lay off foreign rather than local employees...
May 07, 2020
Italy impounds migrant rescue ships; charities claim harassment
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Italian coastguards have seized two charity rescue boats at the port of Palermo citing "technical and operational" irregularities, which the owners called an excuse...
May 07, 2020
Spain steps gingerly towards normality, but Madrid and Barcelona may lag
By Beln Carreo and Joan Faus MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain was weighing up further steps on Thursday to bring life back to normal as the coronavirus epidemic ebbed, but the capital Madrid and the...
May 07, 2020
Putin warns global market rivalry rising amid coronavirus pandemic
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that international rivalry on global markets was rising because of a fall in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. "Against th...
May 07, 2020
Japan approves Gilead Sciences' remdesivir as COVID-19 drug
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has approved Gilead Sciences Inc's remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19, the health ministry said on Thursday, making it the country's first officially authorised drug for th...
May 07, 2020
COVID-19 deaths in Sweden pass 3,000: Public Health Agency
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Deaths in Sweden from COVID-19 passed 3,000 on Thursday, the Public Health Agency said, far more than in neighbouring Nordic countries. The official death toll has now reached 3,...
May 07, 2020
Dutch coronavirus cases rise 455 to 41,774, with 84 new deaths: officials
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands have risen by 455 to 41,774, with 84 new deaths, health authorities said on Thursday. The country's death toll stands...
May 07, 2020
South African children face hunger as school closure halts free meals
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The closure of South Africa's schools seven weeks ago halted a national feeding programme providing meals to 9 million extremely poor children, filling their sto...
May 07, 2020
