Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Poland’s biggest nature reserve fights largest fire in years
WARSAW (Reuters) - Wildfires have been ravaging the marshes of the Biebrza National Park in northeastern Poland, home to moose, beavers and unique wetland birds, since Sunday, as the country faces the...
Apr 22, 2020
Insurers Hiscox and Beazley expect COVID-19 claims of up to $345 million
By Sinead Cruise and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London insurers Hiscox and Beazley expect to pay up to $345 million (279.06 million pounds) between them to settle claims for issues inc...
Apr 22, 2020
UK death toll in hospitals from coronavirus rises by 763 to 18,100
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people who have died in hospitals in the United Kingdom after testing positive for the coronavirus has risen to 18,100, the health ministry said on Wednesday, an incre...
Apr 22, 2020
Euro zone consumer confidence falls to -22.7 in April
(Reuters) - Euro zone consumer confidence fell by 11.1 points in April from the March number, figures released on Wednesday showed. The European Commission said a flash estimate showed euro zone consu...
Apr 22, 2020
Few ventilators, little cash: Sudan braces for coronavirus test
By Nafisa Eltahir, Khalid Abdelaziz and Eltayeb Siddig DUBAI/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - With just a few hundred ventilators and international aid slow to materialise, Sudan's fledgling government knows it h...
Apr 22, 2020
South Africa considers flexible restrictions after lockdown
By Joe Bavier and Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa is considering introducing flexible restrictions on economic activity after it phases out a nationwide lockdown, according to ...
Apr 22, 2020
Iran says U.S. should focus on saving military from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The United States should focus on saving its military from the coronavirus, an Iranian armed forces spokesman said on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he had instructed the U.S....
Apr 22, 2020
Air France-KLM nears bailout with improved guarantees: sources
By Laurence Frost and Arno Schuetze PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Air France-KLM is moving towards a 10 billion euro ($10.9 billion) government-backed rescue deal, sources said, after France agreed to h...
Apr 22, 2020
‘We’re not hiding anything,’ says coronavirus-free Turkmenistan
ASHGABAT (Reuters) - Turkmenistan, one of the few nations in the world that has reported no cases of the new coronavirus, insisted on Wednesday its official data was true and it was not hiding anythin...
Apr 22, 2020
Canadian inflation rate tumbles to near five-year low on diving gas prices
By Kelsey Johnson OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate tumbled to a near five-year low of 0.9% in March as the coronavirus crisis and an oil supply war slashed gasoline prices, Statistics...
Apr 22, 2020
