Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Truce over: U.S. Congress heads to partisan battle on coronavirus aid for states
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After passing $3 trillion of coronavirus relief in a rare seven-week run of bipartisanship, the U.S. Congress is headed back to its normal state of conflict, wi...
Apr 24, 2020
Afghanistan’s Taliban reject call for Ramadan ceasefire
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban have rejected an Afghan government call for a ceasefire for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and to let authorities focus on tackling the coronaviru...
Apr 24, 2020
Iran coronavirus death toll rises by 93 to 5,574: health official
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the new coronavirus rose by 93 on Friday, to reach a total of 5,574, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on state TV. The total number of people di...
Apr 24, 2020
Buildings closed by coronavirus face another risk: Legionnaires’ disease
By John Shiffman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Commercial buildings shuttered for weeks to stem the spread of the coronavirus could fuel another grisly lung infection: Legionnaires' disease. Public health ex...
Apr 24, 2020
Here’s why you can’t find frozen fries, while U.S. farmers are sitting on tons of potatoes
By Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) - Shopper Lexie Mayewski is having a hard time finding frozen french fries in Washington, D.C.-area supermarkets in the wake of coronavirus-fueled stockpiling. On the other...
Apr 24, 2020
U.S. food banks run short on staples as hunger soars
By Michelle Conlin, Lisa Baertlein and Christopher Walljasper (Reuters) - It's pitch black in El Paso, Texas, when the minivans and pickups start lining up at 4 a.m., snaking for more than a mile down...
Apr 24, 2020
Russia to open 1,000-bed hospital in exhibition centre by end of the week
By Katya Golubkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - A temporary hospital in St Petersburg with just over 1,000 beds for coronavirus patients will open in the city's Lenexpo exhibition centre by the end of the week,...
Apr 24, 2020
Land Bank debt default draws attention to South African state firms’ finances
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African state-owned bank which lends to the agricultural sector said on Friday it had defaulted on payments on two bond programmes worth a combined 50 billion rand ($2...
Apr 24, 2020
China’s economic and social development still faces significant uncertainties – premier
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economic and social development still faces significant uncertainties amid the coronavirus pandemic, Premier Li Keqiang has said. The government will step up adjustment of ...
Apr 24, 2020
Slovenia business sentiment hits all-time low as crisis saps confidence
By Marja Novak LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenian business sentiment fell to an all-time low in April as the coronavirus crisis drained confidence across all economic sectors and among the country's cons...
Apr 24, 2020
