Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Taiwan reports five new coronavirus cases, total at 39
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan reported a five-person jump in new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, including four people who had contact with another infected patient in a hospital and one person retu...
Feb 29, 2020
Australia to bar foreigners traveling from Iran due to coronavirus risk: minister
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia will deny entry to all foreign nationals traveling from Iran due to the escalating outbreak of coronavirus in the Islamic republic, the government said on Saturday. For...
Feb 29, 2020
Canadian province Ontario confirms eighth case of coronavirus disease
(Reuters) - Canada's province of Ontario confirmed its eighth case of the COVID-19 disease caused by the newly-identified coronavirus in its capital city of Toronto, health officials said late on Frid...
Feb 29, 2020
IMF made 'very good progress' in discussions in Ukraine: statement
KIEV (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Saturday it had made good progress in talks with the Ukrainian authorities and that the discussions would continue in the coming days. The IMF ...
Feb 29, 2020
U.S. shuts border bridge to stop migrants rushing across from Mexico
By Julio-Cesar Chavez CIUDAD JUAREZ/EL PASO (Reuters) - U.S. authorities said they closed the busy Ciudad Juarez-El Paso border bridge on Friday after more than a hundred mostly Cuban migrants tried t...
Feb 29, 2020
Uzbekistan Airways halts flights to Seoul over coronavirus fears
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan Airways will temporarily halt flights to the South Korean capital of Seoul from March 1, over concerns about a coronavirus outbreak in the Asian nation, the airline sai...
Feb 29, 2020
New coronavirus infection in Thailand takes tally to 42
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand recorded a new coronavirus infection, taking its tally to 42 cases since January, a health official said on Saturday. The victim is a 21-year-old Thai salesman whose job b...
Feb 29, 2020
For grieving families, Afghan peace deal brings doubt as well as hope
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - For mother-of-four Nasima, the prospect of lasting peace in Afghanistan is almost too good to be true. The 45-year-old, whose husband Nasir Ahmad was killed in ...
Feb 29, 2020
Factbox: Latest on coronavirus spreading in China and beyond
(Reuters) - The rapid spread of the coronavirus increased fears of a pandemic on Friday, with eight countries reporting their first cases and the World Health Organization (WHO) raising its global spr...
Feb 28, 2020
United States expresses concern over arrest of Hong Kong publisher
By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has expressed concern after Chinese-ruled Hong Kong arrested publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai, an outspoken critic of Beijing, and two pro-democra...
Feb 28, 2020
