Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sanofi CEO warns Europe on cornavirus vaccine race
PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi's chief executive on Friday urged stronger European co-ordination in the hunt for a vaccine against the new coronavirus, criticising Europe for being too slow to act in a fier...
Apr 24, 2020
Coronavirus came to New York from Europe, not China: governor
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday that strains of the novel coronavirus that first infected his state's residents came from Europe, not China, and that the ban on travelers f...
Apr 24, 2020
Developing economies could see sharper recession in 2020, World Bank warns
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior World Bank officials on Friday warned that developing economies could see a deeper recession than currently expected if consumption and investment do not...
Apr 24, 2020
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll lowest since March 19, but new cases rise
ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 420 on Friday, the smallest daily tally since March 19, the Civil Protection Agency said, but the number of new infections rose t...
Apr 24, 2020
Hedge funds and private equity firms won’t get PPP loans: SBA
BOSTON (Reuters) - Hedge funds and private equity firms are not eligible for the types of U.S. government loans designed to provide relief to small businesses from the economic hardship of the coronav...
Apr 24, 2020
‘Quitaly’ indicators back on euro zone markets’ radar
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) - Market gauges measuring euro break-up risk emanating from Italy are starting to flicker, flagging the risk that another existential crisis ma...
Apr 24, 2020
Iran’s ballistic missile launch ‘of significant concern’: Britain
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday Iran's launch of a military satellite using ballistic missile technology this week was "of significant concern" and inconsistent with a United Nations Securit...
Apr 24, 2020
EU industry chief wants pan-European recovery plan for industry, tourism, others
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU industry chief Thierry Breton on Friday pushed for a pan-European recovery plan for as many as 14 coronavirus-hit sectors ranging from heavy industry to tourism...
Apr 24, 2020
France, Germany in standoff with Silicon Valley on contact tracing
By Mathieu Rosemain and Douglas Busvine PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - A standoff between the two largest nations in the European Union and Silicon Valley escalated on Friday as Apple and Google rebuffed de...
Apr 24, 2020
Eastern Congo militia ambush kills 16, including 12 park rangers
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Suspected Hutu militiamen killed 16 people, including 12 rangers, on Friday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, a government...
Apr 24, 2020
