Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iran has boosted range of naval missiles to 700 km: Fars news agency
(Reuters) - Iran has increased the range of its naval missiles to 700 kilometres (435 miles), the head of the Revolutionary Guards navy said on Monday, according to the Fars news agency. "There was a ...
Apr 20, 2020
U.S. coronavirus deaths top 41,000 as protesters demand restrictions end: Reuters tally
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - U.S. coronavirus deaths topped 41,000 on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, as more protesters gathered in state capitals to demand an early end to the lockdowns, while...
Apr 20, 2020
Death toll in Canada mass shooting rises to 18: Trudeau
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The death toll from the worst mass shooting in Canadian history has risen to 18, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday, including a police officer and the gunman. "A...
Apr 20, 2020
Investor groups call for UK firms to provide a virtual AGM
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's biggest listed companies have been urged to hold 'virtual' annual general meetings after two-thirds of the firms to announce meetings so far opted to hold them behind clos...
Apr 20, 2020
IMF may need ‘exceptional measures’ to facilitate pandemic response: Georgieva
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The IMF may need to step outside its comfort zone and consider "exceptional measures" to help countries deal with the coronavirus pandemic and mitigate its econ...
Apr 20, 2020
Italy sees its virus-hit economy falling 8% in 2020: sources
By Giuseppe Fonte and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Treasury expects the economy to contract by around 8% this year, two sources close to the matter told Reuters, underscoring the negative impa...
Apr 20, 2020
UK coronavirus deaths rise by 449 to 16,509
LONDON (Reuters) - A total of 16,509 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospitals in Britain, an increase of 449 in 24 hours, the health ministry said on Monday. The number of con...
Apr 20, 2020
Europe’s banks want regulators to match U.S. leverage plan
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Banks are calling on European regulators to match the U.S. Federal Reserve's plan to relax a rule that measures a bank's capital reserves to promote the flow of cash to...
Apr 20, 2020
NatWest presses ahead with more job cuts in face of coronavirus crisis
By Lawrence White and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) - British state-backed lender NatWest is pressing ahead with further job cuts, axing more than 30 jobs in its digital ventures arm despite rivals ha...
Apr 20, 2020
Bristol Myers says Opdivo performs well in kidney, lung cancer trials
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bristol Myers Squibb Co said on Monday that its blockbuster cancer immunotherapy Opdivo performed well in two separate late-stage trials, prolonging survival in previously untreat...
Apr 20, 2020
