Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Italian regional chief sorry for saying Chinese eat 'live mice'
ROME (Reuters) - The governor of Veneto, one of the regions worst hit by an outbreak in Italy of coronavirus, apologized on Saturday for criticizing China over the contagion and saying Chinese people ...
Feb 29, 2020
Dane Morkov cleared to race in Berlin after coronavirus scare
BERLIN (Reuters) - Denmark's Michael Morkov was finally cleared to compete at the track world championships on Saturday after being confined to his hotel room for 34 hours over fears of a coronavirus ...
Feb 29, 2020
Toyota plans new $1.2 billion EV plant in Tianjin with FAW: document
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese automaker Toyota plans to build a new electric vehicle plant in the Chinese city of Tianjin with its local partner FAW Group, a document from the local authorities s...
Feb 29, 2020
PM Abe vows Japan's utmost efforts to coronavirus; Xi visit, Olympics on track
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday promised his government's utmost efforts to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, while acknowledging the authorities alone could not...
Feb 29, 2020
Iran's coronavirus death toll rises to 43, with 593 people infected
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has reached 43, a health official told state TV on Saturday, adding that the number of infected people across the country has reached ...
Feb 29, 2020
Greek police fire teargas on migrants at border with Turkey
By Lefteris Papadimas KASTANIES, Greece (Reuters) - Greek police fired teargas toward migrants who were gathered on its border with Turkey and demanding entry on Saturday, as a crisis over Syria abrup...
Feb 29, 2020
Turkey's Erdogan asks Russia's Putin to step aside in Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had asked President Vladimir Putin for Russia to step aside in Syria and leave Turkey to deal with Syrian government forc...
Feb 29, 2020
Pope resumes individual official audiences, cancels group meetings
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, who has been suffering from what the Vatican says is a "slight indisposition," resumed official audiences with individuals in his residence on...
Feb 29, 2020
Polish oil refiner sues Commerzbank's mBank, others over interchange fees
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's biggest oil refiner, PKN Orlen , has sued Commerzbank-owned mBank , along with Mastercard , Visa and another bank, for 636 million zlotys ($162.07 million) in damages relat...
Feb 29, 2020
Turkish strikes in northwest Syria kill 48 pro-Damascus troops: Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkish ground and air strikes on Syrian government forces and their allies in northwest Syria's Idlib have killed 48 pro-Damascus soldiers in the past 24 hours, the Syrian Observat...
Feb 29, 2020
