Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Jordan reopens mosques for socially distanced prayers
AMMAN (Reuters) - Mosques in Jordan opened for communal prayers for the first time in over two months on Friday, with thousands of police deployed to enforce strict social distancing rules at the usua...
Jun 05, 2020
UK's death toll from confirmed COVID-19 cases tops 40,000
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom's death toll from confirmed cases of COVID-19 has exceeded 40,000, according to government data published on Friday. In all, 40,261 people had died following posi...
Jun 05, 2020
Brazil's Bolsonaro 'failed' on coronavirus, says climate activist Greta Thunberg
By Jake Spring and Stephen Eisenhammer BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has failed in managing the coronavirus crisis, teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg said on ...
Jun 05, 2020
Iraq records over 1,000 coronavirus cases for first time: ministry
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq recorded more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time on Friday, with its total approaching 10,000 confirmed cases, the health ministry said. At le...
Jun 05, 2020
Ireland speeds up cautious reopening of economy
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is to accelerate the cautious reopening of its economy, with the final phase of easing restrictions to begin three weeks earlier than planned, acting prime minister Leo Vara...
Jun 05, 2020
Irish PM says people should not book foreign holidays yet
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's prime minister on Friday advised citizens not to book foreign holidays and said the government had no date in mind yet to end its 14-day quarantine for people arriving fro...
Jun 05, 2020
EU considers urgent easing of capital market rules to boost recovery
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Easing European Union securities rules could help recapitalise companies more quickly and assist the recovery of the economy from its COVID-19 recession, an EU document...
Jun 05, 2020
Indonesian group dreams of trash barrier idea going global
BALI, Indonesia (Reuters) - Gary Bencheghib grew up on Indonesia's idyllic resort island of Bali and watched as plastic waste clogged up the winding waterways near to his childhood home, or found its ...
Jun 05, 2020
Volkswagen board to review internal probe into racist car ad
HAMBURG (Reuters) - Volkswagen has completed an internal report into how it came to publish a racist advert, the German carmaker said on Friday, adding that its findings will be released once its mana...
Jun 05, 2020
Zimbabwe police arrest opposition officials in dispute over party HQ
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's police arrested five senior officials of the main opposition party on Friday after they attempted to enter the party's Harare headquarters, which is being occupied by a r...
Jun 05, 2020
