Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Chinese attitudes shift as a result of coronavirus: survey
By Luke Baker LONDON (Reuters) - The coronavirus outbreak has led to a shift in attitudes in China, with less tolerance of individualistic behavior and a greater tendency to recognize the contribution...
Mar 23, 2020
Julian Assange's lawyers to apply for bail, citing virus risk
LONDON (Reuters) - Julian Assange's lawyers will apply for his release on bail because of the risk of contracting coronavirus while in prison, Wikileaks said on Monday. The Wikileaks founder is being ...
Mar 23, 2020
EU urges nations to unblock borders, let freight cross in 15 minutes
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union urged its 27 members on Monday to unblock their borders and allow freight vehicles to cross from one country to another within 15 minutes t...
Mar 23, 2020
Do you feel like singing? Police serenade locked down Mallorcans
MADRID (Reuters) - On the Spanish island of Mallorca, police have turned to singing to cheer up residents confined to their homes by a government-imposed coronavirus lockdown. Footage on social media ...
Mar 23, 2020
Rupture of copper demand to fuel surplus as industry hit by virus
By Eric Onstad and Pratima Desai LONDON (Reuters) - A slide in copper demand as much of the world's manufacturing sector is disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak is expected to fuel a surplus this yea...
Mar 23, 2020
Bolivia sex workers protest coronavirus curfew
(Reuters) - A nighttime curfew imposed by the Bolivian president to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the Andean country faces opposition from sex workers, who say their already precarious ...
Mar 23, 2020
Former DR Congo health minister convicted of embezzling Ebola funds
By Stanis Bujakera KINSHASA (Reuters) - A former health minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo and his financial advisor were sentenced on Monday to five years of forced labor for embezzling mor...
Mar 23, 2020
Western supply chains buckle as coronavirus lockdowns spread
By Jonathan Saul, Sonya Dowsett and Lisa Baertlein LONDON/MADRID/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Freight carriers are struggling to deliver goods by land, sea or air as the coronavirus pandemic forces Western...
Mar 23, 2020
NDSU Dynamic Duo of Shahid, Ward Earn NABC All-District Honors
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (NDSU Athletics) - North Dakota State men's basketball seniors Vinnie Shahid and Tyson Ward earned All-District recognition from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC),...
Mar 23, 2020
Merkel's initial coronavirus test came back negative: spokesman
BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's initial test for coronavirus came back negative, a government spokesman said on Monday, adding that the German chancellor would undergo further tests. Merkel went in...
Mar 23, 2020
