Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UAE extends nightly curfew, Qatar reports first coronavirus death
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates extended on Saturday to April 5 a nightly curfew to sterilise public places to combat the coronavirus as neighbouring Qatar reported its first death from the...
Mar 28, 2020
Hockey sticks, sturgeons and skis: how much is enough physical distance?
By Rod Nickel and Allison Martell WINNIPEG, Manitoba/TORONTO (Reuters) - From hockey sticks in Canada to downhill skis in Colorado, health officials are searching for relatable ways to urge people to ...
Mar 28, 2020
Iran to use 20% of state budget to fight coronavirus
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is to allocate 20% of its annual state budget to fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the country, one of the worst-hit in the world, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday. ...
Mar 28, 2020
Trump struggles with tone in virus crisis, aides urge more empathy
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is forcing President Donald Trump to show empathy to console Americans under siege, and it's not easy for a brash leader more accustome...
Mar 28, 2020
Pope and closest aides do not have coronavirus: Vatican
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Saturday that tests carried out in the residence where Pope Francis lives showed that the 83-year-old pontiff and his closest aides do not have coronavirus...
Mar 28, 2020
Spread of coronavirus accelerates in U.S. jails and prisons
By Ned Parker, Linda So, Brad Heath and Grant Smith NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sean Hernandez says he covers his mouth and nose with a t-shirt or towel when he leaves his cell, the only defense he can impro...
Mar 28, 2020
Tennis stars rally in fight against coronavirus
Novak Djokovic and his wife, Jelena, are donating 1 million Euros -- about $1.1 million -- to buy ventilators and other equipment for hospitals in their native Serbia to assist in the fight against th...
Mar 28, 2020
Report: PGA Tour to aid golfers, caddies in financial need
The PGA Tour is stepping in to assist golfers and caddies who are financially struggling as a result of the suspension of play due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Golf Channel reported Saturday that ...
Mar 28, 2020
Ex-Venezuelan spy chief Carvajal in process of surrendering to U.S. authorities: sources
CARACAS (Reuters) - The former head of Venezuela's military intelligence unit, Hugo Carvajal, is in the process of surrendering to U.S. authorities, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, a...
Mar 28, 2020
India to use some train coaches as coronavirus isolation wards
By Nidhi Verma and Asif Shahzad NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - India said on Saturday it was planning to turn some railway coaches into isolation wards for patients with coronavirus, as authorities s...
Mar 28, 2020
