Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Indonesia reports 2,743 new coronavirus cases, 74 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 2,743 new coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing its total to 174,796, according to data from its health ministry. The country also added 74 new fatalities on Mon...
Aug 31, 2020
Pro-western leader Zaev returns to power in North Macedonia
SKOPJE (Reuters) - Zoran Zaev, the pro-Western leader who changed the name of North Macedonia last year to secure its membership in NATO and the European Union, returned to power late on Sunday, seven...
Aug 31, 2020
First official Israeli flight to UAE takes off with Trump aides onboard
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - The first official Israeli flight to the United Arab Emirates took off on Monday from Tel Aviv, carrying U.S. and Israeli delegates to talks on cementing an Israel-UAE normalisati...
Aug 31, 2020
Several hurt in Abu Dhabi restaurant blast, police say gas fault likely
DUBAI (Reuters) - Several people were injured on Monday in an explosion that was likely caused by gas lines in a restaurant in the United Arab Emirates' capital Abu Dhabi, the police said in a stateme...
Aug 31, 2020
Philippines reports 3,446 new coronavirus cases, 38 additional deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines reported on Monday 3,446 coronavirus infections and 38 deaths, taking its total caseload to 220,819 and fatalities to 3,558, its health ministry said. The ministry a...
Aug 31, 2020
Landslide, floods from monsoon rains kill at least 41 in India, Nepal
By Gopal Sharma and Sumit Khanna KATHMANDU/AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - A landslide and floods caused by heavy rains have killed at least 41 people in Nepal and India in the past week, officials said ...
Aug 31, 2020
Emirates airline got $2 billion injection from Dubai government: document
DUBAI (Reuters) - Emirates airline has received 7.3 billion dirhams ($2 billion) from the government of Dubai as it faces a cash crunch caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a bond prospectus seen by Reute...
Aug 31, 2020
Russia's coronavirus cases approach 1 million
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 4,993 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, bringing its nationwide tally to 995,319, the fourth largest caseload in the world. Russia's coronavirus taskforce said...
Aug 31, 2020
France's Le Drian blames Britain's attitude over Brexit talks
PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday that Brexit talks were not advancing because of what he called Britain's intransigent and unrealistic attitude. Negotiations...
Aug 31, 2020
Facial recognition and bathtime bookings: How China's universities are reopening
By Cate Cadell and Gabriel Crossley BEIJING (Reuters) - As COVID-19 cases in China sink to new lows, the world's largest population of university students is heading back to campus in a migration defi...
Aug 31, 2020
