Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Cairo, the city that never sleeps, shuts for coronavirus night-time curfew
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt and its capital Cairo, a mega-city home to some 20 million people, shut down on Wednesday evening as authorities launched a night-time curfew to tackle the spread of the corona...
Mar 25, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. slashed CDC staff inside China prior to coronavirus outbreak
By Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The Trump administration cut staff by more than two-thirds at a key U.S. public health agency operating inside China, as part of a larger rollback of U.S.-funded...
Mar 25, 2020
AMC Theatres furloughs CEO, corporate employees due to virus
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc , the world's largest theater operator, has placed its chief executive and all of its corporate employees on furlough to preserve cash during the...
Mar 25, 2020
Spokesman for U.S. Senator Grassley: Coronavirus bill language not 'drafting error'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disputed language in the U.S. coronavirus relief bill about unemployment benefits was "not a drafting error," a spokesman for Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley sa...
Mar 25, 2020
Gilead asks FDA to take back lucrative orphan drug status on possible coronavirus treatment
By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc on Wednesday took the unusual step of asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to rescind a controversial orphan drug designation ...
Mar 25, 2020
Yemen's Houthi leader says Saudi-led coalition support for ceasefire is welcomed
CAIRO (Reuters) - A leader of the Iran-aligned Yemen's Houthi movement said on Wednesday that the Saudi-led coalition announcing its support for a ceasefire is welcomed and they are waiting for it to ...
Mar 25, 2020
U.S. Republican lawmaker urges State Department to boost diplomacy on oil price war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican lawmaker urged a U.S. State Department official on Wednesday to press ahead with diplomatic efforts to end the oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia tha...
Mar 25, 2020
Statewide order: Minnesotans stay home
ST. PAUL, MN. (KELO.com) -- Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has issued a state-wide stay-at-home order for two weeks to help slow the spread of Covid-19. "There is no magic around a two week period. We ha...
Mar 25, 2020
No passenger allowed off ships in Sydney until new protocols signed: NSW premier
SYDNEY (Reuters) - No passenger will be allowed off cruise ships in Sydney until new protocols, which are still being negotiated with the federal government, are signed, Australia's New South Wales st...
Mar 25, 2020
Saudi King says G20 exceptional summit to unite coronavirus efforts
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman said on Wednesday that as the world confronts the new coronavirus, the Group of 20 major economies will convene in an exceptional summit to come up with in...
Mar 25, 2020
