Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia reports 9,200 new coronavirus infections
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 9,200 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, down from 10,598 new cases reported the previous day. Russia's coronavirus taskforce said the overall...
May 16, 2020
Singapore reports 465 new coronavirus cases, taking total to 27,356
(Reuters) - Singapore registered 465 new coronavirus infections, its health ministry said on Saturday, taking the city-state's total to 27,356 cases. The vast majority of the newly infected people are...
May 16, 2020
Slovakia lifts last Roma settlement quarantine
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia lifted a quarantine on the last of five Roma settlements that were closed off in April to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, a member of the European Parliament...
May 16, 2020
Trump fires State Department inspector general in latest broadside against watchdogs
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick late on Friday, with the ousting leading to heavy criticism from senior Democratic lawma...
May 16, 2020
On this day: Born May 17, 1956: Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
By Andrew Downie (Reuters) - Boxers are often remembered for epic one-off fights or career-defining rivalries but few faced as many truly brilliant rivals as Sugar Ray Leonard or beat them with enough...
May 16, 2020
Impoverished Burundi, battered by violence and coronavirus, gears up for elections
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Burundi will have its first competitive presidential election since the civil war erupted in 1993, but simmering political violence and fears that campaign rallies could accelerate...
May 16, 2020
China's Wuhan offers consumer incentives to support local auto, appliance industries
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Wuhan has rolled out consumer subsidies to support local auto and home appliance companies as the city in which the coronavirus first emerged tries to revive its economy af...
May 16, 2020
Cambodia says all COVID-19 patients recovered, no new cases for a month
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's last patient with the new coronavirus has recovered and left hospital, leaving the Southeast Asian country with zero cases, the health ministry said on Saturday, whil...
May 16, 2020
Caught in India's lockdown, 23 migrants die in truck crash going home
By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - A truck crammed with migrant labourers trying to reach their distant homes amid a nationwide lockdown crashed in northern India on Saturday, killing at lea...
May 16, 2020
Crowds at Wuhan clinics fear coronavirus testing could rekindle disease
By Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) - As Wuhan, the Chinese city where the COVID-19 pandemic began, revs up a massive testing campaign, some residents crowding the test centres expressed concern on S...
May 16, 2020
