Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In Armenia, war refugees sleep rough in the diamonds
By Maria Tsvetkova and Nvard Hovhannisyan ABOVYAN, Armenia (Reuters) - In a factory where diamonds are cut, Anna Osipyan and her two grandchildren found something even more precious after fleeing thei...
Oct 27, 2020
Polish PM warns of ‘massive’ COVID risk from abortion rights protests
By Agnieszka Barteczko and Pawel Florkiewicz WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called on Tuesday for an end to mass protests over abortion rights, saying those attending were...
Oct 27, 2020
Swiss report 5,949 new coronavirus infections, 16 more deaths
ZURICH (Reuters) - Coronavirus infections rose by 5,949, data https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/novel-cov/situation-schweiz-...
Oct 27, 2020
Food workers, rural Americans go hungry despite U.S. government farm aid
By Christopher Walljasper and Gabriela Bhaskar GREEN BAY, Wis. (Reuters) - Yessenia Cendejas pulled up to a moving truck filled with donated food in northeastern Wisconsin, arriving at the mobile food...
Oct 27, 2020
Iran reports record 6,968 new coronavirus cases and 346 deaths in past 24 hours
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday reported 6,968 new coronavirus cases and 346 deaths in the past 24 hours, its highest daily tally, pushing the death toll in the hardest-hit Middle Eastern country to...
Oct 27, 2020
Alarmed Europe prepares for more COVID pain amid rising discontent
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - European governments prepared on Tuesday to introduce new restrictions to try to curb a growing surge of coronavirus infections across the continent and provide eco...
Oct 27, 2020
Pfizer not yet ready to release COVID-19 vaccine data
(Reuters) - Drugmaker Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it was not yet ready to release data from the late-stage trial of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate it is developing with Germany's BioNTech SE. Pfizer's ...
Oct 27, 2020
Belgium faces decision on possible new lockdown by weekend: official
By Kate Abnett and Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's federal government should decide by this weekend whether a return to a nationwide lockdown is required, as the country grapples with a ...
Oct 27, 2020
EU weighs buying Roche, Abbott rapid COVID tests amid limited supplies
By Francesco Guarascio and John Miller BRUSSELS/ZURICH (Reuters) - European countries are looking at buying millions of COVID-19 rapid tests mostly from Roche and Abbott, an EU document shows, as glob...
Oct 27, 2020
China’s Kashgar reports five new confirmed COVID-19 cases
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported five new confirmed coronavirus cases on Tuesday in Kashgar in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, a Kashgar health official said. Kashgar completed on Tuesday coron...
Oct 27, 2020
