BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Lebanese waste management company is quarantining 133 Syrian workers who tested positive for the coronavirus, the company manager said on Sunday, as the country recorded a new daily high for infections.
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Volkswagen to replace head of software division: Handelsblatt
BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) is replacing its head of software development, newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Sunday, as the German carmaker wrestles with the transition to electric vehicles. The newspaper said Christian Senger, a former
Read moreBritain to spend 705 million pounds on EU border infrastructure
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will spend 705 million pounds ($890 million) on border infrastructure to help keep trade flowing after its transition deal with the European Union expires at the end of the year, Cabinet
Read moreLebanese Christian cleric seen to criticize Hezbollah, allies over crisis
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s top Christian cleric stepped up criticism of the Iran-backed Shi’ite group Hezbollah and its allies without naming them on Sunday, saying Lebanese rejected being isolated from their allies and driven into
Read moreIn a first, Trump dons masks in visit to a military medical facility
BETHESDA, Md. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, who has avoided wearing a mask in public even as the coronavirus pandemic spread, donned one on Saturday at a military medical facility outside Washington where he was
Read moreTwo missing in south China biofuel plant blast – state media
SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) – Two people were missing and two injured after an explosion on Sunday at a biofuel plant in China’s Fujian province, the local fire department and state media said. The blast occurred around
Read moreLives will be lost as Syria aid access cut, aid agencies warn
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A U.N. Security Council resolution that leaves only one of two border crossings open for aid deliveries from Turkey into rebel-held northwestern Syria will cost lives and intensify the suffering of 1.3
Read moreThailand plans November human testing for potential coronavirus vaccine
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai researchers plan to begin human trials of a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus in November and are preparing 10,000 doses, a senior official said on Sunday, aiming for a vaccine
Read moreMandatory masks, Mickey at a distance as Walt Disney World reopens
(Reuters) – “Star Wars” Stormtroopers enforced mask-wearing and Mickey Mouse waved from a distance on Saturday as Florida’s Walt Disney World opened to the public for the first time in four months amid a surge
Read moreIsraelis protest against government response to coronavirus
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Thousands of Israelis demonstrated on Saturday in Tel Aviv, angered by what they say has been an inept government response to the economic hits they have taken during the coronavirus crisis.
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