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Ontario narrows COVID-19 testing, doctors call for new restrictions as virus spreads
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Ontario on Thursday moved to limit COVID-19 testing as labs struggled to keep up with demand, and some doctors called for immediate restrictions on non-ess...
Sep 24, 2020
England adds Denmark, Slovakia and Iceland to travel quarantine list
LONDON (Reuters) - England will add Denmark, Slovakia and Iceland to its quarantine list, meaning passengers arriving from those countries will have to self-isolate for 14 days. The new rules will app...
Sep 24, 2020
Canada proposes three new benefits to help tackle coronavirus outbreak
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government has formally proposed creating three new benefits to help people cope with coronavirus epidemic, Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough said on Thursday. "The ...
Sep 24, 2020
UAE, Israeli cyber chiefs discuss joining forces to combat common threats
DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates and Israel share threats to their national online networks, the Israeli cyber-security chief said on Thursday in a rare public discussion of potent...
Sep 24, 2020
Ex Cambridge Analytica boss banned over ‘unethical services’: UK agency
By Yadarisa Shabong and Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) - The former head of now-defunct political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica has been banned from running limited liability companies in Britain fo...
Sep 24, 2020
Portugal extends measures to fight coronavirus until mid-October
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal has extended measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic until at least mid-October, the government announced on Thursday, at a time an increase in the num...
Sep 24, 2020
Myanmar reports 1,000 coronavirus cases in one day in record rise
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar reported 1,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, in a record daily rise, as the total number of deaths in the country so far rose to 150. The Southeast Asian nation has now re...
Sep 24, 2020
Indian farmers intensify protests over new grain bills
By Rajendra Jadhav and Chandini Monnappa MUMBAI/BENGALURU, (Reuters) - Indian farmers intensified their protests over three new bills that they believe could pave the way for the government to stop bu...
Sep 24, 2020
Palestinian rivals agree to hold election in six months
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta GAZA/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian factions have agreed to hold an election within six months, in the latest of many attempts to end more than a deca...
Sep 24, 2020
UK’s Integumen unveils prototype COVID-19 breath test
LONDON (Reuters) - Integumen, a British company that developed a system to detect the COVID-19 virus in waste water, said the same technology could be deployed in a personalised breath test that could...
Sep 24, 2020
