Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Adidas plans a multi-billion euro bond: manager magazine
BERLIN (Reuters) - German sportswear firm Adidas plans a multi-billion euro bond so that it no longer needs the government-backed loan it agreed earlier this month to help it get through the coronavir...
Apr 23, 2020
Spain’s death toll from coronavirus rises to 22,157
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish health ministry said on Thursday that 440 people died from the coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, which brought total fatalities to 22,157. That was slightly higher t...
Apr 23, 2020
Vietnam says Facebook should adhere by local laws
HANOI (Reuters) - Companies like Facebook that operate in Vietnam should abide by local laws and fully implement their tax and social responsibilities in the country, Vietnam's foreign ministry said o...
Apr 23, 2020
Palestinian jailed in Gaza for breaking coronavirus quarantine
GAZA (Reuters) - A Gaza court has sentenced a Palestinian man to six months in jail for escaping from a coronavirus quarantine facility on the Egyptian border, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. ...
Apr 23, 2020
In Syria rebel stronghold, building makeshift ventilators to fight virus
By Khalil Ashawi IDLIB, Syria (Reuters) - A team of volunteers in Syria have cobbled together prototypes of a ventilator and a testing machine - homemade equipment to fight the new coronavirus if it h...
Apr 23, 2020
Antwerp port trials wristbands for coronavirus social distancing
By Bart Biesemans and Christian Levaux ANTWERP, Belgium (Reuters) - Workers in the port of Antwerp will next month begin testing wristbands developed by a Belgian technology company that could help gu...
Apr 23, 2020
South Africa’s itinerant wastepickers lose livelihood in lockdown
By Tim Cocks SOWETO, Johannesburg (Reuters) - They perform one of South Africa's most important services, collecting recyclables that would otherwise swell the country's rubbish dumps and burden munic...
Apr 23, 2020
Indonesia finds 357 new coronavirus cases, 11 new deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Thursday reported 357 new COVID-19 cases and 11 new deaths, taking the total number of infections and fatalities to 7,775 and 647, respectively, health ministry offici...
Apr 23, 2020
Many of Japan’s pachinko parlours stay open despite state of emergency
By Hideto Sakai and Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - As stores have closed across Japan during a state of emergency, some pachinko parlours remain defiantly open, sparking concern the noisy gambling hal...
Apr 23, 2020
China to cut new energy vehicle subsidies by 10% this year
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will cut its subsidies on new energy vehicles (NEV) by 10% this year, and will expand government purchases of NEVs, the finance ministry said on Thursday. The new policy is e...
Apr 23, 2020
