Author Archives: Syndicated Content
United to give travelers free COVID-19 tests on select Newark-London flights
(Reuters) - United Airlines said on Thursday it will offer free rapid COVID-19 tests to customers on select transatlantic flights, as part of a four-week pilot program aimed at eventually relaxing qua...
Oct 29, 2020
Britain pressed to follow French and German lockdowns as COVID rates surge
By Kate Holton and Madeline Chambers LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) - Britain resisted pressure on Thursday to impose a second nationwide lockdown after France and Germany ordered sweeping restrictions on so...
Oct 29, 2020
Five-month recovery of euro zone sentiment ends in October
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A five month recovery of sentiment in the euro zone stalled in October as consumers and the services sector became more downcast about economic prospects with the increase in COVI...
Oct 29, 2020
Tanzania’s opposition candidate calls election a ‘travesty’
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tanzania's leading opposition presidential candidate on Thursday asked countries around the world not to recognise the eventual results of an election held the previous day, callin...
Oct 29, 2020
China’s Communist Party says it wants to strengthen national security
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Communist Party said it wants to strengthen national security capabilities, state media reported on Thursday. The party's leadership also said at a four-day meeting that it...
Oct 29, 2020
Vietnam says release of U.S. citizen was for humanitarian reasons
HANOI (Reuters) - The release last week of Michael Nguyen, a U.S. citizen who was sentenced to 12 years in a Vietnamese prison for attempting to overthrow the state, was for humanitarian reasons, Viet...
Oct 29, 2020
Most Cathay Pacific pilots and cabin crew accept permanent pay cuts
By Jamie Freed SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said on Thursday that a majority of pilots and flight attendants had signed new contracts that will result in permanent pay cut...
Oct 29, 2020
China’s Communist party leadership says to promote Taiwan’s reunification with mainland: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will promote Taiwan's reunification with the mainland and peaceful cross-straits development, according to a meeting of the leadership of China's ruling Communist Party. Chin...
Oct 29, 2020
Malaysia reports 649 new coronavirus cases with no new deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's health ministry reported 649 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, raising the cumulative total to 30,090 infections. The Southeast Asian country recorded no new death...
Oct 29, 2020
Kremlin says Russian healthcare under ‘maximum’ pressure due to COVID-19
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia's healthcare system was under "maximum" pressure due to COVID-19 and that more than 90% of hospital beds in some regions were full. Russia's...
Oct 29, 2020
