Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Agoda pins hopes on Asia’s domestic tourism to drive revenue
By Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) - Asia-focused online travel agency Agoda is counting on a revival of domestic tourism in parts of the region to help it weather the coronavirus pandemic, its ...
Oct 05, 2020
Police in Belarus detained 317 people at protests on Sunday: ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police in Belarus detained 317 people during protests in Minsk and across the country on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. Tens of thousands of people marched through th...
Oct 05, 2020
Canada karaoke bar lets customers sing in the shower during pandemic
By Carlos Osorio HAMILTON, Ontario (Reuters) - A Canadian karaoke bar is letting its customers sing in the shower during the pandemic - to keep people safe, they've constructed a shower stall, complet...
Oct 05, 2020
U.S. coronavirus relief bill complicated by top Republicans testing positive
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The renewed effort in the U.S. Congress to reach a fresh deal to pump coronavirus relief funds into the pandemic-hit economy has been further complicated by th...
Oct 05, 2020
Shorthanded U.S. Supreme Court kicks off new term amid drama
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court returns to work on Monday for the first time since liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, opening its new term as Senate Republic...
Oct 05, 2020
Scientists who helped identify Hepatitis C virus win 2020 Nobel Medicine Prize
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two American and one British-born scientist won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for work in identifying the Hepatitis C virus, which causes cirrhosis and liver ca...
Oct 05, 2020
UAE resumes granting some work permits, entry permits for domestic workers
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has resumed granting work permits for foreigners employed by government and semi-government entities as well as entry permits for domestic workers, the Natio...
Oct 05, 2020
Factbox: How does the Nobel Peace Prize work?
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - The laureate of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, one of the world's top accolades, will be announced on Friday in Oslo. Here is a look at how the award works: WHO CAN WIN...
Oct 05, 2020
Lithuanian foreign minister self-isolating after French visit
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevicius will self-isolate for a week after contact with members of visiting French President Emmanuel Macron's delegation, who later t...
Oct 05, 2020
Moscow’s schools to switch to online education due to coronavirus: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Schools in Moscow and the regions of Ulyanovsk and Sakhalin will switch to online remote learning soon due to a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, the Interfax news agency cited the E...
Oct 05, 2020
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