Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China local authority warns of coronavirus on packaging of imported Brazilian pork
BEIJING (Reuters) - Packaging on a batch of frozen pork imported from Brazil which had entered a district in Eastern China's Shandong province has tested positive for the coronavirus, the local govern...
Oct 31, 2020
Georgia lawmakers seek jail reform after Reuters investigation
By Linda So (Reuters) - Georgia lawmakers are pressing for stronger jail oversight after a Reuters investigation identified hundreds of deaths in the state's county jails and dangerous lapses in inmat...
Oct 31, 2020
Iran imposes new restrictions to stem coronavirus spread: Rouhani
(Reuters) - Weddings, wakes and conferences will be banned in the Iranian capital until further notice as the Middle East's hardest-hit nation battles a third wave of COVID-19, police said on Saturday...
Oct 31, 2020
Spanish police arrest man for praising attack near Paris
BARCELONA (Reuters) - A Moroccan man was arrested in Barcelona for praising the beheading of a French schoolteacher outside Paris this month and inciting more attacks, police said on Saturday. The man...
Oct 31, 2020
Reunited with coach, Australian Barty back in the groove
(Reuters) - World number one Ash Barty feels refreshed after a lengthy break from tennis due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 24-year-old hopes the interval would prove a blessing as she returned to t...
Oct 31, 2020
KLM pilots will not agree to wage freeze demanded by Dutch government
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The pilots' union of KLM, the Dutch arm of Air France , on Saturday declined to sign a document accepting a freeze on wage increases through 2025, a move that could endanger effo...
Oct 31, 2020
The great divergence: U.S. COVID-19 economy has delivered luxury houses for some, evictions for others
By Michelle Conlin (Reuters) - When the temperature dipped near freezing in Columbus, Ohio in mid-October, the children had no heat. The gas had been shut off in their apartment for nonpayment. DaMir ...
Oct 31, 2020
More than 150 evacuated from Russian coronavirus hospital after fire
MOSCOW (Reuters) - More than 150 patients were evacuated on Saturday from a makeshift coronavirus hospital in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in the southern Urals following an oxygen explosion and fi...
Oct 31, 2020
Slovakia mobilises as bid to COVID-test most of country in two days begins
By Radovan Stoklasa TRENCIN, Slovakia (Reuters) - Long queues formed outside coronavirus testing centres in Slovakia on Saturday, as the country embarked on a bid to test most of the country's 5.5 mil...
Oct 31, 2020
Tokyo film festival taps ‘power of the arts’ to give courage amid pandemic
By Chris Gallagher TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo International Film Festival kicked off on Saturday with live screenings and a host of coronavirus prevention measures to ensure the show could go on. Aud...
Oct 31, 2020
