Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spain’s daily death toll from coronavirus slips to 523, total at 18,579
MADRID (Reuters) - The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Spain in 24 hours fell again on Wednesday to 523 from 567 reported the previous day, the country's health ministry said. The daily death...
Apr 15, 2020
Euro banks getting 20 bln euro capital relief from macro regulators: ECB
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro area banks are getting capital relief worth 20 billion euros ($21.9 billion) from the easing of macroprudential requirements by national supervisors around the bloc, the Eur...
Apr 15, 2020
Japan urges citizens to isolate as reports warn of 400,000 deaths
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan urged its citizens on Wednesday to stay home, as media reports warned that as many as 400,000 of them could die of the coronavirus without urgent action, and Prime Minister Shi...
Apr 15, 2020
UK benefits claims still running above normal, says senior government official
LONDON (Reuters) - The rate of new claims for benefits in Britain has slowed but is still running above the normal level, Department for Work and Pensions Director General Neil Couling said on Wednesd...
Apr 15, 2020
British lawmaker says China is trying to exploit the COVID-19 crisis
LONDON (Reuters) - China is trying to exploit the global crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus outbreak by wresting control of companies such as Imagination Technologies and changing the way the i...
Apr 15, 2020
Indonesia records 297 new coronavirus infections, 10 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia confirmed 297 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 5,136, said a health ministry official Achmad Yurianto. Yurianto...
Apr 15, 2020
Inside ICU, Turkish doctors rush back to work after coronavirus recovery
By Umit Bektas ISTANBUL (Reuters) - In the intensive care unit of a hospital in Istanbul, the heart of Turkey's coronavirus outbreak, doctors and nurses have rushed back to duty to fight against the p...
Apr 15, 2020
UK lenders provide 1.1 billion pounds in emergency COVID loans
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's banks have provided 1.115 billion pounds ($1.39 billion) in emergency loans to small and medium-sized companies under a government-backed scheme to help businesses survive...
Apr 15, 2020
On fire’s anniversary, Notre-Dame’s great bell to break its silence
By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - A year on from the inferno that gutted Notre-Dame de Paris and stunned the world, the cathedral's great bell will ring out on Wednesday evening, as a mark of the ...
Apr 15, 2020
Bank of Italy warns virus crisis may tip some smaller banks over the edge
ROME (Reuters) - Italian banks have a solid liquidity and capital position to face the coronavirus crisis but some smaller lenders may not be able to sustain its impact, the central bank warned on Wed...
Apr 15, 2020
