Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Airline SAS to require face masks on all flights
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish-Danish airline SAS said on Wednesday wearing a face mask would be compulsory on all its flights through to the end of August to reduce the risk of coronavirus contagion. ...
May 13, 2020
Exclusive: Farah feels Tokyo delay could help 10,000m title defence
By Dylan Martinez LONDON (Reuters) - Multiple Olympic champion Mo Farah says the postponement of the Tokyo Games to 2021 could work to his advantage as the Briton will now have around 20 months to tra...
May 13, 2020
France's bookstores fight for survival after coronavirus lockdown
By Michaela Cabrera PARIS (Reuters) - Neighbourhood bookstores in France survived the television and later the advent of online shopping. Then came the coronavirus lockdown, an eight-week-long hiatus ...
May 13, 2020
UK PM Johnson says 275 health and social care workers have died from COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that the deaths of 144 health care workers and 131 social care workers had been reported as involving COVID-19. The United Kin...
May 13, 2020
MUFG puts oil sands, Arctic drilling on 'restricted transactions' list
By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group said on Wednesday it has put oil sands extraction and drilling for crude oil and gas in the Arctic on its "restricted transaction" l...
May 13, 2020
Remote Lesotho becomes last country in region to record COVID-19 case
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Lesotho recorded its first case of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the health ministry said, becoming the last country in southern and East Africa to be afflicted by the virus. The min...
May 13, 2020
Merkel wants to improve ties with Russia despite hacking
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she would continue efforts to improve ties with Russia despite hacking attacks which do not make that any easier, adding she took s...
May 13, 2020
Tennis: Japan's Osaka using lockdown to conquer inner demons
(Reuters) - Two-times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka is using the novel coronavirus shutdown as one of self reflection to try and overcome her crippling shyness. The tennis season was suspended in ea...
May 13, 2020
Italian schools to reopen in September: Education minister
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's education minister on Wednesday said schools across the country would reopen in September, after being shut for six months due to the coronavirus outbreak. "For this reason th...
May 13, 2020
Urban air quality improves as coronavirus empties U.S. highways: NOAA
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. air quality has improved since the coronavirus crisis emptied the roads of traffic, giving the country a futuristic glimpse of the clearer skies that c...
May 13, 2020
