Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ryanair’s Lauda airline to close Vienna base, 300 jobs to go
VIENNA (Reuters) - Ryanair's Austrian airline Lauda on Friday said it would shut down its main Vienna base on May 29 with the loss of more than 300 jobs in Austria after it did not manage to agree new...
May 22, 2020
Japan’s finance minister, central bank governor meet on pandemic response
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda met in Tokyo, the finance ministry said on Friday, in a show of resolve to coordinate fiscal and monetar...
May 22, 2020
George Soros says coronavirus threatens EU’s survival
LONDON (Reuters) - George Soros, the billionaire financier, has cautioned that the European Union's survival was threatened by the novel coronavirus unless it could issue perpetual bonds or "consols" ...
May 22, 2020
Amazon to hire 50,000 temp workers in India as lockdown boosts demand
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's India unit said it would hire 50,000 temporary workers to meet a surge in online shopping in the country, where customers have been stuck indoors for two months ...
May 22, 2020
Tokyo 2020 logo satire pulled after furore
By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) - A media association has withdrawn its coronavirus-themed parody of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo after the local organising committee called it offensive and a viol...
May 22, 2020
Gaza’s young female boxers train on the beach amid coronavirus closures
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Trading jabs and punches, a team of young female boxers - some as young as four - trained on the beach in Gaza this week after their club was closed due to COVID-...
May 22, 2020
Indonesia probes breach of data on more than two million voters
By Stanley Widianto and Fanny Potkin JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's election commission is investigating the release of 2.3 million voters' private information on a hacker website along with a threat...
May 22, 2020
Bank of America calls top of cash mountain, cautions on ‘fake markets’
LONDON (Reuters) - Analysts at BofA said the cash mountain stockpiled by investors during the coronavirus outbreak looks to have now peaked and cautioned that rampant central bank stimulus was fixing ...
May 22, 2020
Malaysia reports 78 new coronavirus cases with 1 new death
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian health authorities on Friday reported 78 new coronavirus cases, raising the cumulative total to 7,137 cases. The health ministry also reported one new death, bringin...
May 22, 2020
Nobel winner attacks lack of British leadership through COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has been left to play catch up and firefight its way through the coronavirus pandemic due to a "desperate" lack of clear leadership, one of its most renowned scientists said...
May 22, 2020
