Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bangladesh announces coronavirus farm relief package, India seen extending lockdown
By Ruma Paul and Mayank Bhardwaj DHAKA/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bangladesh on Sunday announced a relief package worth about $1.7 billion to help farmers struggling because of restrictions imposed to stem...
Apr 12, 2020
Congo records second Ebola death in days: WHO
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo recorded a second Ebola death in days following more than six weeks without a new case, the World Health Organization said on Sunday. The victim was a...
Apr 12, 2020
Irish PM says coronavirus rent freeze unlikely to be extended
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will not need to extend a temporary residential rent freeze beyond the coronavirus crisis, Acting Prime Minister Leo Varadkar was quoted as saying on Sunday, amid calls from...
Apr 12, 2020
Spain's overnight coronavirus death toll rises, total at 16,972
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's overnight death toll from the coronavirus rose to 619 on Sunday from a nearly three-week low of 510 on Saturday, the Health Ministry said, breaking a three-day streak of dai...
Apr 12, 2020
Malaysia reports 153 new coronavirus cases with 3 new deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's health ministry reported 153 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, raising the cumulative total to 4,683, the highest in Southeast Asia. The lates...
Apr 12, 2020
South Africa says police caught in liquor sales after coronavirus alcohol ban
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa, which banned the sale of all alcohol and cigarettes under a coronavirus lockdown that triggered a wave of lootings of liquor shops, said on Sunday it had caught ...
Apr 12, 2020
Passover blessing at Western Wall downsized due to coronavirus
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Ten Jewish worshippers wearing face masks prayed at the Western Wall on Sunday at a special "Priestly Blessing" during the holiday of Passover, an event usually attended by thous...
Apr 12, 2020
Indonesia reports biggest daily jump in coronavirus cases
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Sunday reported 399 new cases of the coronavirus, its biggest daily jump so far, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 4,241, according to data pro...
Apr 12, 2020
Beijing to reopen some schools after coronavirus closures: state media
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing schools closed by the coronavirus outbreak will reopen to senior high school students and senior middle school students, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday,...
Apr 12, 2020
Philippines reports highest single-day death toll from coronavirus
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines recorded 50 coronavirus deaths on Sunday, its highest in a single day, taking the toll to 297. In a bulletin, the health ministry said 220 new infections took the ta...
Apr 12, 2020
