Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Two more people die from coronavirus in Italy: civil protection agency
ROME (Reuters) - Two more people have died in Italy from coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the worst outbreak of the disease yet seen in Europe to 14, the Civil Protection agency said in a sta...
Feb 27, 2020
As coronavirus takes hold, Greece worries about migrant camps
By Michele Kambas ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will tighten its border controls to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday, adding that it would pay particu...
Feb 27, 2020
Iran bans Chinese citizens from entering the country: IRNA
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has banned Chinese citizens from entering the country, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday, amid the spread of the new coronavirus across the Islamic Republic th...
Feb 27, 2020
Russia conducts first ship-based hypersonic missile test: TASS
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia successfully test-launched its Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile from a military vessel for the first time early last month, the TASS news agency...
Feb 27, 2020
French carmaker PSA unveils mini electric Citroen car
NANTERRE, France (Reuters) - Citroen, one of French carmaker PSA's brands, unveiled a mini electric car on Thursday aimed at young city dwellers. The two-seater car, branded "AMI", will go on sale by ...
Feb 27, 2020
U.S. health secretary says at least 40 labs can currently test for coronavirus
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar on Thursday said that at least 40 public health labs can currently test specimens for coronavirus and that could more than...
Feb 27, 2020
Peloton settles music publishers' lawsuit over songs used in workout videos
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Peloton Interactive Inc has settled a lawsuit in which a music publishing trade group and 14 of its members accused the maker of stationary bicycles of streaming more than 2,400 s...
Feb 27, 2020
Kremlin rebuffs Turkey's Erdogan on proposed Syria meeting with Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that President Vladimir Putin had no plans to meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on March 5 to discuss the situation in Syria's Idlib region despite ...
Feb 27, 2020
Citi appoints new global head of crisis risk management and climate risk: memo
LONDON (Reuters) - Citi has appointed EMEA Chief Risk Officer Colin Church to the newly created role of global head of crisis risk management and climate risk, a memo seen by Reuters showed. Church wi...
Feb 27, 2020
South African unit of Philip Morris welcomes tax stance on cigarette alternatives
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The South African unit of cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc welcomed the government's decision to introduce a lower excise tax on heated tobacco products than on...
Feb 27, 2020
