Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lockdown story time: Roald Dahl with Streep, Cumberbatch and more
LONDON (Reuters) - Stuck at home with the kids? Meryl Streep, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Cate Blanchett may be able to help. Oscar-winning New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi has lined up some of his H...
May 18, 2020
France, Germany want $543 billion Recovery Fund, joint EU debt
PARIS (Reuters) - France and Germany called on Monday for the creation of a 500 billion euro ($543 billion) Recovery Fund able to offer grants to the countries and regions hardest hit by the coronavir...
May 18, 2020
Spain reports 59 coronavirus deaths overnight, lowest in two months
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's overnight death toll from the coronavirus was 59 on Monday, the lowest figure in two months, the government said. The cumulative death toll rose to 27,709, while the number ...
May 18, 2020
U.S. states press on with reopenings, markets boosted by virus vaccine potential
By Maria Caspani and Rajesh Kumar Singh (Reuters) - Nearly all 50 U.S. states were at some stage of reopening on Monday as authorities eased restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the new coron...
May 18, 2020
U.S. House panel leader links State Dept. inspector general firing to Saudi arms sale
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday the State Department inspector general may have been fired becaus...
May 18, 2020
NatWest appoints Westpac executive as retail banking boss
LONDON (Reuters) - British state-backed bank NatWest has appointed Westpac executive David Lindberg as chief executive of its retail banking business. Lindberg will be tasked with steering one of Brit...
May 18, 2020
Albanian garment industry unravels amid coronavirus pandemic
By Benet Koleka ELBASAN, Albania (Reuters) - Ardian Lami had been a waiter for 15 years when he found himself without a job after Albania shut down bars and restaurants in March because of the coronav...
May 18, 2020
Visitors return to European landmarks, but only in miniature
By Christian Levaux and Clement Rossignol BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Visitors were back at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, London's Houses of Parliament and the Grand Place in Brussels on Monday, not flouting lo...
May 18, 2020
UK expands virus testing; anyone over five with symptoms now eligible
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain expanded its testing scheme on Monday to allow anyone aged over five with COVID-19 symptoms to book a test to see if they have the virus, health minister Matt Hancock announ...
May 18, 2020
Russian prosecutors intervene after some virus bonuses to medics go awry
By Polina Nikolskaya and Maria Vasilyeva MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Russia said on Monday that they had intervened to force hospitals to pay out coronavirus bonus payments promised by President...
May 18, 2020
