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China denies spreading coronavirus disinformation following EU report
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry on Monday denied claims that Beijing is spreading disinformation about the coronavirus following a European Union report that said there was "significant e...
Apr 27, 2020
In cash-loving Japan, banks still busy despite coronavirus emergency
By Takashi Umekawa TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese retail customers' love affair with cash - and some extra free time while working at home - is keeping bank branches busy despite government calls for peop...
Apr 27, 2020
Australia rejects Chinese ‘economic coercion’ threat amid planned coronavirus probe
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has cautioned China against attempts at "economic coercion" as Australia pushes for an investigation into the coronavirus ...
Apr 27, 2020
Spain’s daily coronavirus death toll picks up slightly
MADRID (Reuters) - The number of daily fatalities from the novel coronavirus reported in Spain rose on Monday to 331, up from 288 the previous day, the health ministry said. The overall death toll cau...
Apr 27, 2020
Indonesia reports 214 new coronavirus infections, 22 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's number of reported cases of the coronavirus has risen by 214 to 9,096, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said on Monday. Death rose by 22 to 765 while 1,151 peop...
Apr 27, 2020
Allianz agrees bankassurance deal with BBVA: sources
MUNICH/MADRID (Reuters) - German insurer Allianz has struck a deal to invest in the bancassurance business of Spanish lender BBVA , two sources close to the matter told Reuters, adding that an announc...
Apr 27, 2020
UK to consider error ranges for official GDP data
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's statisticians will consider publishing confidence intervals for quarterly estimates of gross domestic product growth to better communicate the uncertainty in initial estim...
Apr 27, 2020
Taiwan first-quarter GDP growth seen at four-year low as pandemic hits tech exports: Reuters poll
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's economic growth in the first quarter is expected to have slowed to its weakest in nearly four years, a Reuters poll showed, as the impact of the coronavirus health crisis h...
Apr 27, 2020
Malaysia reports 40 new coronavirus cases, one new death
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 40 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, taking the cumulative total to 5,820 infections. The health ministry also reported one new death, ...
Apr 27, 2020
Russia says U.N. security council members agreed to hold online summit
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have agreed to hold an online five-way summit, proposed by...
Apr 27, 2020
