Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French state may call on banks to contribute to Air France bailout
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government may call on banks to contribute to a bailout of Air France KLM if it offers state support to the struggling airline, the finance minister said on Thursday. The ...
Apr 16, 2020
UK throws coronavirus lifeline to more big businesses
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will allow more large businesses to apply for government funds, finance minister Rishi Sunak announced on Thursday, after many risked being left to collapse wh...
Apr 16, 2020
Slovenia to ease coronavirus lockdown from Monday
By Marja Novak LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia will from Monday ease restrictions that have been imposed since the middle of March to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, the government said late...
Apr 16, 2020
IMF approves $1.39 billion in emergency pandemic aid for Pakistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said its executive board had approved $1.386 billion in emergency financing to Pakistan to meet balance of payments needed stemming f...
Apr 16, 2020
Poor residents of Colombia’s capital protest lack of aid during quarantine
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Residents in poor parts of Bogota, the Colombian capital, blocked roads on Thursday to demand authorities make good on promises of aid so they can survive a nat...
Apr 16, 2020
Uber to take charge of up to $2.2 billion due to coronavirus crisis
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc said on Thursday it expected an impairment charge of about $1.9 billion to $2.2 billion against some of its minority equity investments, due to the impact of the coro...
Apr 16, 2020
Chile’s coronavirus restrictions clean up the air around Santiago, study says
By Dave Sherwood SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Air pollution in Chile's capital Santiago, a sprawling metropolis and industrial hub of 6 million, has plunged in the past month by as much as a third as large sw...
Apr 16, 2020
Albania to impose 2-8 year jail terms on coronavirus quarantine rule-breakers
By Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania amended its penal code on Thursday to punish anyone breaking coronavirus quarantine and self-isolation rules and infecting others with up to eight years in j...
Apr 16, 2020
Singer R. Kelly’s New York sexual abuse trial postponed to September
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer R. Kelly's sexual abuse trial in New York has been postponed to Sept. 27 as a judge ruled on Thursday that the previously scheduled July 7 date was not r...
Apr 16, 2020
Poland reopens green spaces but unclear on election amid epidemic
By Agnieszka Barteczko and Pawel Florkiewicz WARSAW (Reuters) - Poles will have to cover their noses and mouths in public until a coronavirus vaccine is found, the health minister said on Thursday, as...
Apr 16, 2020
