Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canada's coronavirus death toll rises by under 6% in a day: official data
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The total number of people killed by the coronavirus in Canada rose by under 6% to 2,489 in a day, official data posted by the public health agency showed on Sunday. The figure for ...
Apr 26, 2020
Germany says China sought to encourage positive COVID-19 comments
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chinese diplomats approached German government officials in an attempt to encourage them to make positive statements on how Beijing is handling the coronavirus pandemic, the German ...
Apr 26, 2020
White House sees jobless rate hitting 16% or higher in April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate is likely to hit 16% or higher in April, and "really big thoughtful policies" will be needed to rebuild confidence, a White House adviser said on Sund...
Apr 26, 2020
Hong Kong police break up pro-democracy singing protest at mall
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong riot police armed with shields dispersed a crowd of 300 pro-democracy activists holding a singing protest in an upmarket shopping mall on Sunday, despite a ban on publi...
Apr 26, 2020
Equity valuations rebounding, with bleak earnings a wild card
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - The sharp rebound in equities has pushed widely used measures of valuing U.S. shares to their highest level in years. Strategists say price-to-earnings ra...
Apr 26, 2020
Iran plans to reopen mosques in areas free of coronavirus: President
(Reuters) - Iran plans to reopen mosques in parts of the country that have been consistently free of the coronavirus outbreak as restrictions on Iranians gradually ease, President Hassan Rouhani said ...
Apr 26, 2020
Nepal rescuers recover bodies of two missing South Korean trekkers
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Rescuers on Sunday retrieved two bodies of South Korean trekkers who went missing after being hit by a massive avalanche in January on one of the most popular hik...
Apr 26, 2020
Indian woman gang raped after quarantined alone in school: police
By Neha Arora NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) - An Indian woman was allegedly gang raped in a school in the desert state of Rajasthan where she had been quarantined for a night by the police amid the natio...
Apr 26, 2020
Italy's far-right League hurt by response to coronavirus in heartland
By Sara Rossi and Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) - The coronavirus crisis has left Italy's northern economic powerhouse a disaster zone and raised awkward questions for far-right opposition leader Matt...
Apr 26, 2020
Lebanon's top Christian cleric backs central bank governor as currency tumbles
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's politically influential Maronite Christian patriarch backed the long-serving central bank governor on Sunday, after the prime minister cast bank chief Riad Salameh as resp...
Apr 26, 2020
