Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
‘We all stay home’: no work and no stimulus checks for undocumented family in U.S.
By Norma Galeana LE GRAND, Calif. (Reuters) - In Fresno, California, 58-year-old grandmother Maria Luisa Salazar shares a mobile home with her family of 11. Afraid that going to work would put them at...
Apr 16, 2020
Boeing restarting commercial airplane production next week
(Reuters) - Boeing Co said it will resume commercial airplane production next week in Washington State after suspending operations last month in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 27,000...
Apr 16, 2020
Chesapeake Energy lays off 200 Oklahoma employees
(Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy has laid off 200 employees in Oklahoma, the state said on Wednesday. Half of the job cuts were at the company's Oklahoma City headquarters and half were in the oilfield, ...
Apr 16, 2020
