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Pandemic could spark unrest among West’s urban poor: Red Cross aid agency
GENEVA (Reuters) - Social unrest could erupt among the urban poor and marginalized in the West's biggest cities as they lack sources of income amid the COVID-19 crisis, the head of the International F...
Mar 27, 2020
Dutch coronavirus cases rise by 16%, 112 new deaths: health authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands rose by 1,172, or 16%, to 8,603, health authorities said on Friday, with 112 new deaths. The country's death total is...
Mar 27, 2020
China gives chilly response to request for U.S. journalists to remain in country
BEIJING (Reuters) - China hit out at what it called "biased" reporting on Friday in a frosty response to a request by three major U.S. newspapers to reverse the expulsion of several of their China-bas...
Mar 27, 2020
Cognizant ups salaries by 25% for some India employees amid lockdown
By Chris Thomas and Anuron Kumar Mitra BENGALURU (Reuters) - Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp will pay an extra 25% of base pay to some employees in India and the Philippines as a majority of its o...
Mar 27, 2020
Indonesia doctor hits the streets to curb coronavirus
By Heru Asprihanto and Adi Kurniawan DEPOK, Indonesia (Reuters) - After a busy session at his clinic, Indonesian doctor Fakhrurrozi hops on the back of a motorized tricycle with a loud-hailer to urge ...
Mar 27, 2020
Spain’s coronavirus death toll rises by 769 overnight to 4,858
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's coronavirus death toll rose overnight by 769 cases to 4,858, the health ministry said on Friday, a new record in the number of fatalities recorded in 24 hours. The total num...
Mar 27, 2020
Some Kenyan nurses refuse coronavirus patients in protest over shortages: union
By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - Nurses in Kenya's capital and at least two towns have launched protests or refused to treat suspected coronavirus patients because the government has not given...
Mar 27, 2020
China’s Didi Chuxing restarts evening Hitch service
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese ride hailing giant Didi Chuxing said on Friday it would restart its evening Hitch service in some cities, with improved safety features and more rigorous driver and passeng...
Mar 27, 2020
Foreigners face suspicion in China as coronavirus worsens overseas
By David Kirton and Engen Tham SHENZHEN, China/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Francesca Torlai has always got on well with her neighbors when walking her Pekingese mix-breed, Waffles, through the back streets o...
Mar 27, 2020
Aging tech means raises for some Americans who lose jobs in coronavirus crisis
By Andy Sullivan and Jonnelle Marte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some lower-paid U.S. workers could effectively get a short-term raise if they lose their jobs during the coronavirus crisis, thanks to govern...
Mar 27, 2020
