Author Archives: Syndicated Content
‘Too early’ to lift UK lockdown but coronavirus outbreak peaking, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom's novel coronavirus outbreak is starting to peak but it is too early to lift the lockdown because the virus would "run rampant" if the government eased social dis...
Apr 16, 2020
Investors trim bearish bets on Asia FX on coronavirus recovery hopes: Reuters poll
By Nikhil Nainan (Reuters) - Investors trimmed short positions on Asian currencies, a Reuters poll showed, as China tries to jump-start its economy that has been ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, a...
Apr 16, 2020
Treatment of Africans in southern China sparks diplomatic backlash
By David Kirton GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Huddled under a highway bridge with a small bag of belongings, a 19-year old student from Ivory Coast was desperately dialling his few contacts in China. T...
Apr 16, 2020
Poland to reopen parks and forest on Monday as it starts easing curbs
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will reopen parks and forests on Monday and then revise the rules on the number of customers allowed in shops, as the country starts to loosen its coronavirus lockdown, State...
Apr 16, 2020
Apple’s new budget iPhone unlikely to make splash in China where 5G now commonplace
By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Apple Inc's new iPhone SE for the budget-conscious is unlikely to be a major driver of sales in China, with analysts noting it lacks the 5G capability that most ne...
Apr 16, 2020
Dutch new unemployment claims soar 42% as coronavirus measures bite
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of people filing for unemployment benefits in the Netherlands soared 42% in March as many businesses were shut down in an attempt to contain the spread of the coronavi...
Apr 16, 2020
Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists begin prisoner swap
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have started a prisoner swap, the office of Ukrainian president said on Thursday. It is the first swap in 20...
Apr 16, 2020
Norway wealth fund says excess gain from external managers was $4.5 billion from 1999-2018
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, said on Tuesday its use of external fund managers had led to the accumulation of 47 billion Norwegian crowns ($4.45 billion) in ex...
Apr 16, 2020
Twenty sailors remain in hospital after French navy coronavirus outbreak
PARIS (Reuters) - Around 20 French sailors remain in hospital following a large outbreak of the coronavirus in the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle's naval group, a spokesman for the French n...
Apr 16, 2020
India charges Muslim leader with culpable homicide for coronavirus surge
By Sanjeev Miglani and Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has brought charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the chief of a Muslim seminary for holding a gathering last mont...
Apr 16, 2020
