Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'Overwhelming' COVID second wave floods Swiss hospitals
By Cecile Mantovani GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss hospitals are scrambling to cope with a surge in new COVID-19 patients, bringing back retired staff to replace sick frontline workers and closing other war...
Oct 28, 2020
Nigeria considers social media regulation in wake of deadly shooting
ABUJA/LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's information minister said "some form of regulation" could be imposed on social media just a week after protesters spread images and videos of a deadly shooting using ...
Oct 28, 2020
Israel says second round of sea border talks with Lebanon under way
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday launched a second round of U.S.-mediated talks over their disputed sea border, an Israeli statement said. Delegations from the long-time foes reco...
Oct 28, 2020
Indonesia coronavirus case tally tops 400,000
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's coronavirus infections have passed the 400,000 mark, with 4,029 new cases confirmed on Wednesday, according to health ministry data. The Southeast Asian country has 400...
Oct 28, 2020
Father of Black man killed by Philadelphia police urges calm after further unrest
By Aleksandra Michalska PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The family of a Philadelphia Black man shot dead by police appealed on Tuesday for calm as a second night of protests over his death once again turned ...
Oct 28, 2020
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy asks other companies to take on idle workers: sources
By Maki Shiraki TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) said it has asked several other companies to temporarily employ idle workers from its factories in central Japan in a bid to cut cos...
Oct 28, 2020
Bulgarian central bank governor tests positive for COVID-19
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's central bank governor Dimitar Radev has tested positive for coronavirus and has self-isolated at home, where he will be continuing to carry out his duties, the central ban...
Oct 28, 2020
Currency market volatility jumps before U.S. election outcome
LONDON (Reuters) - Gauges for implied currency swings in the $6.6 trillion a day foreign exchange markets jumped to their highest levels in nearly seven months on Wednesday as traders anticipated more...
Oct 28, 2020
Amazon launches shopping website in Sweden
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday opened up its Swedish website, offering customers more than 150 million products across 30 categories, marking its first entry in the Nordics. Swedish...
Oct 28, 2020
Philippines reports 2,053 new coronavirus cases, 61 deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Wednesday recorded 2,053 new coronavirus infections and 61 additional deaths. In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed infections have ri...
Oct 28, 2020
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