Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Uzbekistan to liberalise electoral, media law
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan plans to liberalise its electoral and media laws, the government said on Friday, in a move that could make its tightly controlled political system more open and reduce ...
May 22, 2020
Futures retreat as Sino-U.S. tensions simmer
By Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures retreated on Friday as growing tensions between Washington and Beijing added to fears of a slower recovery from a coronavirus-led recession. China...
May 22, 2020
Trapped migrant workers suffer from Lebanon’s dollar crisis, lockdown
By Ellen Francis and Imad Creidi BEIRUT (Reuters) - Temitope can't find work in Lebanon since the Nigerian domestic worker escaped her employer's house last month. With Lebanon in deep financial crisi...
May 22, 2020
Mortality in the Netherlands below average last week: statistics office
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The mortality rate in the Netherlands was lower than average last week, the statistics office said, as deaths in the country from the coronavirus decline. Statistics Netherlands ...
May 22, 2020
Pinduoduo beats revenue estimates as demand for online shopping soars
(Reuters) - China's Pinduoduo Inc beat first-quarter revenue estimates on Friday, as more people shopped at its e-commerce platform during coronavirus lockdowns that shut down most brick-and-mortar sh...
May 22, 2020
Pakistan’s PIA aircraft with 107 passengers on board crashes in Karachi: officials
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - A PIA aircraft with 99 passengers and eight crew members on board crashed on Friday in a residential area of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, officials said. "The ...
May 22, 2020
UK government took decision to stop mass testing and tracing in March: advisers
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain decided to end mass testing and contact tracing of those with or suspected of having COVID-19 in March because a surge in new cases at that time would have been beyond the s...
May 22, 2020
Russian GDP could fall by more than 8% second quarter 2020: Nabiullina
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's economy could contract by more than 8% in the second quarter of 2020, central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina said on Friday, adding that the bank would revise its most rec...
May 22, 2020
Giant ‘noble’ thiof gives Senegalese fish-lovers crumbs of comfort
SAINT LOUIS, Senegal (Reuters) - Senegalese shoppers have found one small piece of comfort among all the coronavirus chaos - a dive in the price of thiof, a fish at the heart of their national dish. T...
May 22, 2020
Deere profit tops as demand slump not as bad as feared
(Reuters) - Deere & Co topped quarterly estimates for profit on Friday as demand for farm equipment fell less than feared and the company kept a tight lid on costs. Deere typically sees a pick-up in s...
May 22, 2020
