Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Nigeria’s tech experts step in to help those losing livelihoods under lockdown
By Libby George and Nneka Chile LAGOS(Reuters) - Tech startup founder Ebun Okubanjo watched with dismay as his home city of Lagos entered a coronavirus-containment lockdown, knowing well that millions...
Apr 30, 2020
‘W-shaped’ recovery may be too optimistic, Fed’s Powell suggests
By Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sketched out an altogether bumpier ride for the U.S. economy than many are predicting - one that sees business activi...
Apr 30, 2020
Kremlin: Work still needed before high-level talks on Ukraine crisis
MOSCOW (Reuters) - More work is needed before high-level talks on the Ukraine crisis can take place, the Kremlin said ahead of a planned meeting later on Thursday involving the foreign ministers of Uk...
Apr 30, 2020
Indonesia first-quarter GDP growth seen at slowest in 18 years, worse to come: Reuters poll
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's economic growth likely slowed to the weakest in 18 years in the first quarter, but there is probably worse to come during the rest of 2020 due to the impact of the coro...
Apr 30, 2020
Visa gives Kenya’s Safaricom ‘missing link’ for global payments
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Visa and Safaricom have agreed a deal which will connect the Kenyan telecom operator's M-Pesa financial services platform with Visa's global network of merchants a...
Apr 30, 2020
Orange in talks with Apple on French contact-tracing app
PARIS (Reuters) - Orange is in intense discussions with Apple over developing France's smartphone app for tracing people who are at risk of coronavirus infection, the French company's CEO Stephane Ric...
Apr 30, 2020
New Slovak government wins confidence vote in parliament
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The new Slovak government led by Igor Matovic won an initial confidence vote in parliament on Thursday with 98 out of the 141 deputies present supporting its programme declaration. ...
Apr 30, 2020
Facebook could address some U.S. antitrust concerns with new photo transfer tool
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will allow users in the United States and Canada to transfer photos and videos to a rival tech platform for the first time - a step that could assua...
Apr 30, 2020
UAE calls on all Libyan parties commit to political process, renews support to Haftar
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates called on Thursday on all Libyan parties to commit to the U.N.-supervised political process to end the war, while at the same time saluting the eastern Libya...
Apr 30, 2020
Biden fields committee to help pick a running mate
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is assigning four close campaign allies to head up the process leading to one of his most important decisions: picking a run...
Apr 30, 2020
