Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hungry Venezuela’s crops rot in fields for lack of fuel
By Anggy Polanco LA GRITA, Venezuela (Reuters) - With millions of people hungry in Venezuela, acute fuel shortages are forcing farmers to let crops rot in fields or feed them to livestock since they c...
Apr 24, 2020
Cycling: Tokyo delay means end of line for New Zealander Dawkins
(Reuters) - For most athletes a 12-month delay for the Tokyo Olympics was frustrating but for Eddie Dawkins, New Zealand's most successful track cyclist, it convinced him to call time on his career. T...
Apr 24, 2020
Lebanon edges further from dollar peg with wire transfer rate
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon edged further away from its long-held dollar currency peg on Friday as the central bank set an exchange rate for wire transfers that was 58% below the battered Lebanese poun...
Apr 24, 2020
Senator Rubio: new small business aid program to launch Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Small Business Admininstration will make additional coronavirus-related financial assistance available to small businesses beginning on Monday, a top Republican senator...
Apr 24, 2020
U.S. requires equity stakes from national security firms seeking COVID aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury Department will ask for an equity stake in publicly traded national security contractors, including some defense firms, that seek part of $17 billion set aside for ...
Apr 24, 2020
FIFA to release $150 million to member associations due to COVID-19 pandemic
(Reuters) - FIFA will release operational funds for 2019 and 2020 amounting to $150 million to its member associations as the first step of a relief plan to help negate the economic impact of the COVI...
Apr 24, 2020
Dutch 2020 deficit could reach 11.8% of GDP: government
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government's budget deficit could rise to 90 billion euros ($97 billion) or 11.8% of GDP in 2020 because of spending to counter the financial impact of the country's co...
Apr 24, 2020
French public to get reusable textile masks for coronavirus protection
PARIS (Reuters) - The French public will be provided millions of washable face masks from early May, the government said on Friday amid a row over its flip-flopping on the value of masks in protecting...
Apr 24, 2020
Georgia forges ahead with reopening despite disapproval of Trump, pandemic experts
By Rich McKay and Susan Heavey ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia pushed ahead with its plan to become the first U.S. state to allow an array of merchants to reopen on Friday following a month-long shutdown ...
Apr 24, 2020
Vietnam says five million workers, 84.8% of companies, affected by coronavirus pandemic
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam said on Friday the coronavirus outbreak has negatively affected 5 million workers and 84.8% of companies in the country. The Southeast Asian country on Friday reported two ne...
Apr 24, 2020
