Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Austrian borders with Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary to reopen June 15
ZURICH (Reuters) - Austria's borders with the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary will fully reopen on June 15, the interior ministry said on Saturday, extending an easing of border controls to its e...
May 16, 2020
China's Wuhan conducted 113,609 COVID-19 tests on May 15: officials
BEIJING (Reuters) - The city of Wuhan, the original epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak in China, conducted 113,609 nucleic acid tests on May 15, the local health authority said on Saturday. Wuh...
May 16, 2020
India to ease curbs on foreign investment in defence projects: minister
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will ease limits on foreign direct investment in defence manufacturing, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday, in a bid to bring more production into the cou...
May 16, 2020
Qatar coronavirus infections top 30,000: Reuters tally
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's number of novel coronavirus infections topped 30,000 on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally based on official figures. The health ministry reported 1,547 new cases on Satu...
May 16, 2020
Spain reports 102 coronavirus deaths overnight, lowest in eight weeks
(Reuters) - Spain's overnight death toll from the coronavirus was 102 on Saturday, the health ministry said, marking the lowest 24-hour rise since mid March. The cumulative death toll rose to 27,563, ...
May 16, 2020
British grocer Tesco's slavery review reports abuses in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - U.K.-based multinational groceries chain Tesco PLC has found abuses against migrant workers at its stores and distribution centres in Malaysia and Thailand, it said in its ann...
May 16, 2020
Germany plans 57 billion euro aid package for virus-hit municipalities
By Christian Kraemer and Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz is working on an aid package worth 57 billion euros ($61.65 billion) to help municipalities cope with p...
May 16, 2020
Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga arrested in Paris region: French justice ministry
PARIS (Reuters) - Rwanda genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga was arrested on Saturday in the Paris region, the French Justice Ministry said. Kabuga, 84, who was living under a false identity in a flat in...
May 16, 2020
Boxing: Hearn planning to organise fights in his own back garden
LONDON (Reuters) - Heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn is planning to organise fights in his own back garden when professional boxing returns in July from the COVID-19 loc...
May 16, 2020
Caravan of Georgia activists to hold rally for slain black jogger
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - A caravan of cars packed with protesters will trek from Atlanta to the small coastal community of Brunswick on Saturday to rally for a young black jogger killed by tw...
May 16, 2020
