Author Archives: Syndicated Content
France's Macron showing no more COVID-19 symptoms, Elysee says
PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron is showing no more symptoms of COVID-19, the Elysee office said on Thursday. Macron, 43, can now end his quarantine after he self-isolated for seven d...
Dec 24, 2020
English COVID infections rise again, 1 in 85 people infected - survey
LONDON (Reuters) - The prevalence of COVID-19 cases in England jumped again in the week to Dec. 18, with around 645,800 people, or 1 in 85, estimated to be infected, the Office for National Statistics...
Dec 24, 2020
Taiwan fines EVA Air $35,000 after pilot blamed for COVID infection
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Transport Ministry on Thursday fined EVA Airways Corp T$1 million ($35,000) after the government blamed one of its pilots for a rare locally transmitted case of COVID-19 be...
Dec 24, 2020
Former Japan PM Abe apologises over political funding case
TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe apologized to the public on Thursday following a row over his office's possible violation of election funding laws. He said he felt moral re...
Dec 24, 2020
China suspends more Australia timber imports citing pests in cargoes
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has suspended imports of timber from Australia's New South Wales and Western Australia after local customs offices found pests in cargoes from those states, the General Admin...
Dec 24, 2020
Czech Republic reports 14,054 new COVID-19 cases, daily tally back near peaks
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic recorded 14,054 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, its largest daily tally since Nov. 4 as a spike in infections approaches previous peaks, the Health Ministry repo...
Dec 24, 2020
Russia reports record COVID-19 cases and deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported a record one-day tally of 29,935 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday as well as 635 deaths from the virus, the most confirmed in a single 24 hour period since the pandemi...
Dec 24, 2020
The blast that blew away Lebanon's faith in itself
By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT (Reuters) - They gather in groups, wearing black, in the shadow of buildings gutted by the explosion that shook this city on Aug. 4. Men, women and children from Christian and ...
Dec 24, 2020
European stocks futures jump on signs Brexit deal almost at hand
(Reuters) - European stock futures surged on Thursday as a Brexit trade deal seemed almost at hand, with just a week left for Britain's final exit from the European Union. After months of wrangling, a...
Dec 24, 2020
China to suspend direct flights to and from the United Kingdom
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will suspend direct flights to and from the United Kingdom, Wang Wenbin, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday, citing the emergence of a new coronavirus strain. "Aft...
Dec 24, 2020
