MANILA (Reuters) – Immigration records showing former Wirecard chief operating officer Jan Marsalek arrived in the Philippines on June 23 and left for China the next day were forged, the Philippine attorney general said Saturday, Menardo Guevarra. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Wirecard AG, an independent provider of outsourcing and …
Read More »‘Super Saturday’: England’s pubs, restaurants and hair salons reopen as shutdown slows
LONDON (Reuters) – Finally, people were allowed to drink in a pub, eat in a restaurant or cut their hair on Saturday for the first time in more than three months, as England took its biggest steps until the resumption of normal life. A worker carries a beer at The …
Read More »Botswana senior veterinarian defends investigations into unexplained elephant deaths
GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana’s top wildlife veterinarian on Friday rejected accusations by some conservationists that the government had not moved fast enough to investigate the unexplained deaths of at least 275 elephants. Authorities said Thursday they were still trying to find out what killed the elephants around two months after …
Read More »The United States reports 55,000 cases of COVID-19 in a single day, reaches a new world record
(Reuters) – The United States on Thursday reported more than 55,000 new cases of COVID-19, a new daily world record for the coronavirus pandemic, as infections increased in most states. A spike in coronavirus cases over the past week put President Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis under the microscope …
Read More »US Coronavirus Cases Reach New World Record, Increasing Over 55,000 in One Day
(Reuters) – The United States reported more than 55,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the largest daily increase by any country, according to a Reuters count. FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians in masks walk down the sidewalk in the Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, USA, July 1, 2020. REUTERS / …
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