Author Archives: Syndicated Content
From public transport to museums: Croatia to start gradual lockdown easing next week
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia will start a staged easing next week of coronavirus lockdown measures it introduced more than a month ago, beginning by opening more shops and running public transport in ci...
Apr 23, 2020
Jaguar Land Rover plans to restart some European production from mid-May
LONDON (Reuters) - Jaguar Land Rover plans to restart some European production from May 18, beginning with one of its three British car factories, a central English engine site in Wolverhampton and it...
Apr 23, 2020
Russian firms to build world’s most powerful nuclear icebreaker
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two Russian companies signed a deal on Thursday to build the world's most powerful nuclear icebreaker to help boost trade on a northern sea route crucial to forging closer links wit...
Apr 23, 2020
Crowds loot trucks in Cape Town a month into COVID-19 lockdown
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Crowds have launched a string of attacks on delivery trucks in Cape Town, stoning, hijacking and ransacking vehicles to try to take food and other provisions dur...
Apr 23, 2020
Latam economies struggle with massive deficits from coronavirus shock: Reuters poll
By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Latin America's biggest economies, Brazil and Mexico, will likely struggle with increasing deficits this year as governments are forced to fight recessions sp...
Apr 23, 2020
Saudi-led truce in Yemen expires amid fears of coronavirus disaster
By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI (Reuters) - A two-week ceasefire in Yemen announced by a Saudi-led military coalition expired on Thursday without leading to a permanent truce, raising fears that the country...
Apr 23, 2020
UK budget deficit in 2019/20 could be a lot higher: OBR
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's budget watchdog said the country's budget deficit in the recently ended 2019/20 financial year might significantly bigger than announced earlier on Thursday because of the...
Apr 23, 2020
U.S. air fares extend decline as Europe and Asia bottom out: Skytra
PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. air fares are approaching a 40% decline and still falling while ticket pricing in Europe and Asia is bottoming out, according to data (https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook...
Apr 23, 2020
German court opens first Syria torture trial
By Petra Wischgoll KOBLENZ, Germany (Reuters) - Two suspected members of President Bashar al-Assad's security services had charges of torture and sexual assault read out against them on Thursday in a ...
Apr 23, 2020
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews take to internet in coronavirus lockdown
By Tova Cohen and Steven Scheer TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's religiously devout Jews, who traditionally shun the use of internet or smartphones, are increasingly going online to shop, study and video...
Apr 23, 2020
