Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Singapore reports 151 new COVID-19 cases, lowest rise in more than two months
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry on Tuesday reported 151 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday in the smallest daily increase in more than two months. The city state's tally of infections ...
Jun 16, 2020
Spanish government readies $170 billion investment with EU funds: El Pais
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government is readying a 150 billion euro ($170 billion) investment plan to kick-start the economy, ravaged by the coronavirus epidemic and the related lockdown, newspap...
Jun 16, 2020
Russia's coronavirus cases near 550,000
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday reported 8,248 new coronavirus cases, bringing its nationwide infection tally to 545,458. The authorities said 193 people had died of the virus in the last day, ra...
Jun 16, 2020
Greek PM visits Israel, hoping to restore tourism and warning on Turkey
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited Israel on Tuesday in a show of confidence in the countries' anti-coronavirus measures which Athens hopes can be translated into a...
Jun 16, 2020
Indian army says one officer, two soldiers killed in 'violent faceoff' on border with China
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian army said on Tuesday one of its officers and two soldiers were killed in a "violent faceoff" on the contested border with China. The army added in a statement senior m...
Jun 16, 2020
Ukraine president's wife hospitalized after contracting coronavirus
KYIV (Reuters) - The wife of Ukraine's President, Olena Zelenska, was hospitalized after contracting coronavirus and her condition was stable, the presidential office said on Tuesday. Zelenska said la...
Jun 16, 2020
EU must act urgently on fiscal measures, ECB says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Union must urgently decide on a package of fiscal measures to help the bloc through its pandemic-induced economic crisis, European Central Bank board member Fabio Pa...
Jun 16, 2020
Adyen adds Amazon Pay to its offering
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch-based online payments firm Adyen on Tuesday said it had added Amazon Pay to its range of payment options available for customers. Adyen, which handles the online payments b...
Jun 16, 2020
Thailand approves $722 million domestic tourism stimulus as virus hits global travel
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet approved on Tuesday a domestic tourism package worth 22.4 billion baht ($722.35 million) to revitalise a key sector hit by the coronavirus pandemic, an official ...
Jun 16, 2020
Exclusive: African countries seek U.N. inquiry into U.S. racism, 'police brutality': text
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - African countries are lobbying to set up a United Nations commission of inquiry into "systemic racism" and "police brutality" in the United States and other par...
Jun 16, 2020
