Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Yemen's Houthis block U.N. ship from leaving Hodeidah: government
DUBAI (Reuters) - Forces from Yemen's Houthi movement on Tuesday blocked a U.N.-chartered ship carrying representatives of the internationally recognized government from leaving Hodeidah port, the gov...
Mar 24, 2020
Putin dons hazmat suit as Moscow says coronavirus outbreak is worse than it looks
By Andrew Osborn and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin donned a hazmat suit and respirator on Tuesday during a visit to a hospital treating coronavirus patients and the mayor o...
Mar 24, 2020
Turkey investigates why school pupils were shown footage of ex-PM's hanging
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's Education Ministry is investigating how animated footage of the execution of a former prime minister was shown to children as part of their home schooling during the corona...
Mar 24, 2020
Moscow traffic police ordered to catch taxi driver flouting coronavirus quarantine
By Olesya Astakhova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two Moscow traffic police said they were ordered earlier this month to apprehend a taxi and warned, "be careful - there's coronavirus inside." They were told to ...
Mar 24, 2020
Citigroup will temporarily close up to 15% of branches
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc will temporarily close up to 15% of its U.S. branches in light of reduced foot traffic amid the coronavirus outbreak, a spokesman told Reuters. The third largest U.S. lender ...
Mar 24, 2020
Skeletal Canadian parliament convenes to approve emergency cash
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - A handful of Canadian legislators convenes on Tuesday to give the government the power to inject billions of dollars in emergency cash to help individuals and busin...
Mar 24, 2020
Pentagon leaders suggest coronavirus outbreak could continue for months
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior Pentagon leaders said on Tuesday that the coronavirus pandemic which has hit the United States could continue for months. "I think we need to plan for this to be a few mo...
Mar 24, 2020
Coca-Cola to suspend production in India amid coronavirus lockdowns
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Coca-Cola's India unit said on Tuesday it has temporarily suspended production at its manufacturing facilities across the country following widespread lockdowns to halt the sprea...
Mar 24, 2020
As customers hoard pot brownies, North American weed firms see lockdown boost
By Shariq Khan (Reuters) - Cannabis sales are touching new highs as customers across the United States and Canada stockpile weed to prepare for long spells of isolation because of the coronavirus pand...
Mar 24, 2020
Modern-day Mayflower sets off from Poland ahead of 400th anniversary voyage
GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) - Four hundred years after the Mayflower crossed the Atlantic from Britain to the United States, a group of engineers plan to have a crewless-ship also named the Mayflower, na...
Mar 24, 2020
