Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Aussie dollar near six-week peak as easing lockdowns spur risk
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Australian dollar tested six-week highs on Tuesday, as signs of progress in re-opening economies helped the risk-sensitive currency recoup most of the panic ...
Apr 27, 2020
South Korea April exports to post worst decline since 2009: Reuters poll
By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's exports were seen contracting at the sharpest pace in nearly 11 years in April as the coronavirus pandemic caused massive disruptions to global supply chai...
Apr 27, 2020
Ramadan bazaars go digital in Southeast Asia amid pandemic
By Rozanna Latiff and Ebrahim Harris KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - For 15 years, Siti Zabedah Abdul Wahab's family food business has opened for one month a year, selling murtabak, a pan-fried bread stuffed...
Apr 27, 2020
Brazilians divided on impeachment of President Bolsonaro: poll
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilians are split on impeaching President Jair Bolsonaro despite a majority believing accusations by the former justice minister that Bolsonaro tried to interfere with the fede...
Apr 27, 2020
South Korea President says economic impact of coronavirus will increase
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday said the deepening impact from the coronavirus pandemic will worsen going forward, and said massive job losses are of his particular conc...
Apr 27, 2020
Oil prices slide again as world runs low on storage capacity amid plunge in demand
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil fell on Tuesday, adding to huge declines in the previous session, on worries about limited capacity to store crude worldwide and expectations that fuel demand may only recove...
Apr 27, 2020
Exclusive: More than 2,200 Indonesians have died with coronavirus symptoms, data shows
By Tom Allard and Kate Lamb (Reuters) - More than 2,200 Indonesians have died with acute symptoms of COVID-19 but were not recorded as victims of the disease, a Reuters review of data from 16 of the c...
Apr 27, 2020
JetBlue mandates face coverings for customers during travel
(Reuters) - JetBlue Airways Corp on Monday became the first major U.S. airline to impose a face covering on customers during travel, in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The new p...
Apr 27, 2020
On Japan’s stretched frontline, doctors and nurses DIY a coronavirus response
By Ju-min Park, Mari Saito and Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - At any given time, seven out of eight beds in the intensive care unit of St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo are taken up by crit...
Apr 27, 2020
Mainland China reports six new coronavirus cases vs three a day earlier
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 6 new coronavirus cases for April 27, up from 3 reported a day earlier, putting its total number of COVID-19 infections to date at 82,836. The Nati...
Apr 27, 2020
