Author Archives: Syndicated Content
No good walks spoiled as golf courses shuttered
By: Tim Dahlberg It was probably just coincidence that Nevada's governor issued an order closing golf courses just a few hours after a newspaper photographer tweeted a picture of O.J. Simpson playing ...
Apr 10, 2020
On-the-go sports stars embrace family time during shutdown
By: Dave Campbell Blake Wheeler and the Winnipeg Jets would have been on the road last week, trying to make a final push for the playoffs had the National Hockey League season not been called off beca...
Apr 10, 2020
U.S. coronavirus deaths top 17,000: Reuters tally
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - U.S. deaths due to the coronavirus topped 17,000 on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, although there are signs that Americans staying home was curbing new infections. ...
Apr 10, 2020
Exclusive: Amneal running out of hydroxychloroquine raw material due to Finnish restrictions
By Michael Erman and Anne Kauranen NEW YORK/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Amneal Pharmaceuticals could soon run out of the raw ingredients to make more of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine that has been...
Apr 10, 2020
In epicentre of French virus outbreak, medical workers believe peak has passed
By Tangi Salan PARIS (Reuters) - As head of the urgent cases team in the Mulhouse ambulance service, Marc Noizet has been at the eye of the coronavirus storm that swept through this eastern French cit...
Apr 10, 2020
Russia to block 'fake news' criticism of coronavirus measures
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Prosecutor General's Office said it would start blocking from Friday access to "fake news" social media posts criticising quarantine measures taken by the city of Moscow to...
Apr 10, 2020
Mexico seeks more medical equipment from U.S. and China
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is seeking more medical equipment from the United States and China to respond to the coronavirus outbreak, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday. Lopez Ob...
Apr 10, 2020
UK costume makers turn from Downton and Star Wars to focus on scrubs
By Eddie Keogh CHIPPING CAMDEN, England (Reuters) - Costume makers in Britain who normally dress actors in shows from Downton Abbey to Game of Thrones and Batman have joined forces to make scrubs for ...
Apr 10, 2020
Congratulations, it's a fudge: EU crisis deal leaves much unresolved
By John Chalmers and Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU finance ministers gave themselves a round of applause as they wrapped up talks on Thursday night with agreement on a package of measures...
Apr 10, 2020
FIFA chief warns against re-starting soccer too early
BERN (Reuters) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino has warned against re-starting soccer too early amid the coronavirus pandemic, telling FIFA's 211 member associations on Friday that such behaviour wou...
Apr 10, 2020
