Author Archives: Syndicated Content
As Biden crafts U.S. coronavirus response proposals, Warren has his ear
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Joseph Ax and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden has been speaking regularly with former rival Elizabeth Warren on pu...
May 18, 2020
T cells play a role in fighting coronavirus; COVID-19 affects children differently
By Nancy Lapid NEW YORK (Reuters) - The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the ill...
May 18, 2020
UAE to expand nightly curfew after increase in coronavirus cases: official
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates will extend a nightly curfew by two hours starting this week after reporting an increase in the number of novel coronavirus cases, an official said on Monday...
May 18, 2020
Brazil maritime trade surplus widens as ports remain open, farm exports strong: ATP
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil recorded a $19.7 billion maritime trade surplus in the first four months of the year as imports by value fell as the real currency weakened and exports of agri...
May 18, 2020
South Africa’s Growthpoint provides rent relief to nearly 1,500 small firms
By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Growthpoint Properties said on Monday it had provided rent relief to 1,494 small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) hit by a lockdown to co...
May 18, 2020
Uzbekistan pushes back against Russian criticism over language policy
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan on Monday pushed back against Russian criticism of its plans to enforce the use of the Uzbek language in the civil service, in a rare rebuke of Moscow by Tashkent amid ...
May 18, 2020
Coronavirus ‘not a pandemic in Pakistan’ says top court, ordering curbs lifted
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the government on Monday to lift some of the remaining restrictions imposed on business to halt the spread of the coronavirus, ev...
May 18, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 1,480,349 coronavirus cases, 89,407 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported 1,480,349 cases of the coronavirus, and said the number of deaths had risen to 89,407. Over the weekend, the CD...
May 18, 2020
Russian central bank says inflation could accelerate from current 3.1%
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's central bank said on Monday that annual inflation could increase from its current level of 3.1% but that it expected disinflationary effects to gain momentum later this yea...
May 18, 2020
JPMorgan fills senior leadership roles after February makeover
By Abhinav Ramnarayan LONDON (Reuters) - JPMorgan has made a number of changes in senior positions in its investment bank in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region to support a February resh...
May 18, 2020
