Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK government will look at Leicester lockdown on Thursday, says health minister
LONDON (Reuters) - British Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Tuesday the government would assess whether lockdown measures in the English city of Leicester could be eased on Thursday, but warned th...
Jul 14, 2020
EU to remove Serbia, Montenegro from coronavirus safe list, sources say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is set to remove Serbia and Montenegro from its safe list of countries from which non-essential travel is allowed, while including the United States was not eve...
Jul 14, 2020
Swiss National Bank says expansive policy ‘more necessary than ever’
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank is unlikely to change course from its ultra-loose monetary policy as the novel coronavirus pandemic increases appreciation pressure on the safe-haven Swiss f...
Jul 14, 2020
In New York’s Harlem, small businesses reel from coronavirus toll on Black communities
By Imani Moise and Anna Irrera NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sylvia's, a soul food restaurant on Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem, New York, saw a welcome bump in donations and revenue from new customers in early...
Jul 14, 2020
Nigeria’s NNPC fired 850 workers, many from refineries, oil union says
ABUJA (Reuters) - The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has fired 850 workers, many of them from refineries, amidst the coronavirus pandemic, an oil union said on Tuesday. The workers are...
Jul 14, 2020
Hungary’s Orban wins parliament’s backing in EU budget talks
By Anita Komuves BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's nationalist government won parliamentary approval on Tuesday to press the European Union to distribute the bloc's coronavi...
Jul 14, 2020
Amazon tests primary healthcare program for employees
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it launched a pilot healthcare program for its employees and their families to provide primary services such as vaccination and physical therapy. The move co...
Jul 14, 2020
Brazil’s economy swings back to modest growth in May
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Economic activity in Brazil began to grow again in monthly terms in May, after two sharp consecutive declines in March and April, as businesses slowly began to open up in the wak...
Jul 14, 2020
Saudi Arabia permanently cancels licence of Qatar’s beIN Sports
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Competition (GAC) said on Tuesday it has permanently canceled the licence of Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports, which has been barred from broadcast...
Jul 14, 2020
Congo gives mines month to release confined workers
(Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo has given copper and cobalt mining companies a month to stop confining workers on site away from their families to stop the spread of coronavirus, the labo...
Jul 14, 2020
