Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Easing lockdown measures, Bulgaria to allow movement outside local communities
By Angel Krasimirov SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria plans to lift a ban on people travelling outside their local communities next week as it begins easing coronavirus restrictions, Prime Minister Boyko Bor...
May 03, 2020
Hope and havoc as some Israeli schools reopen under coronavirus curbs
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel reopened some schools on Sunday but the bid to edge back to normality as coronavirus concerns ease was boycotted by several municipalities and many parents...
May 03, 2020
Intel in talks to buy Israel's Moovit public transit app for $1 billion: media
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Chipmaker Intel Corp is in advanced talks to acquire Israeli public transit app developer Moovit for $1 billion, financial news website Calcalist reported on Sunday. Moovit has ra...
May 03, 2020
Pope says coronavirus vaccine must be shared worldwide
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis called on Sunday for international scientific cooperation to discover a vaccine for the coronavirus and said any successful vaccine should be m...
May 03, 2020
South Africa deputy finance minister urges central bank to print money to fund government: report
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's finance deputy minister was quoted in a leading newspaper on Sunday as urging the central bank to temporarily create money to fund the government response to th...
May 03, 2020
Roche aims to make more than 100 million coronavirus antibody tests per month by end of year
ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche aims to more than double production of its new coronavirus antibody test to "significantly more than" 100 million tests a month by the end of the year, the company's diagnosti...
May 03, 2020
Americans turn to hunting for food, renewal during pandemic
By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) - David Elliot first thought of shooting an elk to help feed family and friends back in January when the United States reported its first novel coronavirus case. Ell...
May 03, 2020
Ivory Coast PM evacuated to France for medical checks
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who is the ruling party's candidate in October's presidential election, was evacuated on Saturday to France for medical checks, t...
May 03, 2020
Syrian tycoon Makhlouf says security forces are arresting his employees
AMMAN (Reuters) - Sanctions-hit Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf on Sunday said that security forces are arresting employees at his diversified companies in what he said were "mounting pressures" on him da...
May 03, 2020
Armenia reopens bars and shops despite rising coronavirus cases
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Landlocked Armenia will reopen shops, restaurants and bars, resume manufacturing and lift restrictions on movement from Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said, despite a...
May 03, 2020
