Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Six years on, families demand new search for missing Malaysia Airlines plane
PUTRAJAYA (Reuters) - Six years since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished from radars, relatives of the 239 people who were on board are calling on authorities to revive efforts to find the missin...
Mar 07, 2020
Group of 900 Dutch students return from North Italy ski trip
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A group of 900 Dutch college students who took a ski trip to northern Italy despite Europe's worst outbreak of coronavirus there returned home by bus on Saturday, facing an outcr...
Mar 07, 2020
U.N. calls for immediate freeze of military operations in Yemen
MARIB, Yemen (Reuters) - U.N. Special Envoy Martin Griffiths on Saturday called for an immediate end to military action by Yemen's warring parties as renewed violence between the Houthi movement and a...
Mar 07, 2020
Pope modifies engagements to avoid crowds gathering amid coronavirus outbreak
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has canceled his main public appearances to avoid crowds gathering to see him and will stream them on the internet from inside the Vatican because of the coronavi...
Mar 07, 2020
Taiwan opposition chooses rising star as new leader after election rout
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang party, which traditionally favors close ties with China, on Saturday voted in as its new leader a rising star lawmaker, who prom...
Mar 07, 2020
'I ain't playing' with no fans, says James
(Reuters) - Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James has said he will not take to the court if the NBA bars fans from attending games to limit the spread of the coronavirus. American media reported tha...
Mar 07, 2020
Swiss government to virus-hit companies: don't expect helicopter money
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government is working on directing support to companies hit by falling demand caused by the coronavirus outbreak and will not adopt a broad stimulus program, a top officia...
Mar 07, 2020
First Cambodian tests positive for coronavirus
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The first Cambodian has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. The 38-year-old man was one of four people tested because he had direct co...
Mar 07, 2020
Italian girl becomes Malta's first coronavirus case
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta's first case of coronavirus has been detected in a 12-year-old Italian girl who lives on the island, Health Minister Chris Fearne said on Saturday. The girl tested positive ...
Mar 07, 2020
Latin American women prepare for record feminist marches
By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Millions of women are expected to hit the streets across Latin America on Sunday to mark International Women's Day, against a backdrop of wider social unrest in t...
Mar 07, 2020
