Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Watch church services on TV, order Easter eggs by phone, Kazakh Christians told
NUR-SULTAN (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's Orthodox Christians should watch Easter services on television and order eggs and other festive foods by phone as churches remain closed due to the coronavirus outb...
Apr 14, 2020
Cisco offers big payment deferrals until 2021 as companies seek remote-work tools
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc on Tuesday launched a $2.5 billion financing program that lets its customers defer 95% of payments until 2021, giving companies additio...
Apr 14, 2020
Pasta maker Barilla funds cell therapy research for coronavirus
MILAN (Reuters) - The Barilla family, which owns the pasta maker of the same name, has donated $500,000 to U.S. non-profit association "The Cure Alliance" to fund research on a COVID-19 therapy based ...
Apr 14, 2020
Sinn Fein leader says she has the coronavirus but is recovering
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The leader of the left-wing Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein, Mary Lou McDonald, said on Tuesday that a test taken at the end of March confirmed she had the coronavirus, but she wa...
Apr 14, 2020
Yearning for a pint? Brussels brewers deliver to homes during coronavirus lockdown
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - With beer sales hit by the coronavirus lockdown, small Brussels breweries are offering a delivery service to the homes of thirsty customers and for some business is booming. All b...
Apr 14, 2020
With no fairs or markets, Portugal’s Roma struggle amid coronavirus
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal has stepped up efforts to support its impoverished Roma communities during the coronavirus pandemic, but rights group say more help is needed as many fam...
Apr 14, 2020
Zimbabwe president threatens 20 years jail over fake lockdown statement
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday threatened 20 years in jail to the author of a statement purporting to bear his signature that said the lockdown to contain the co...
Apr 14, 2020
Idled day workers may slip though Turkey’s cash safety net
By Jonathan Spicer and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Countless Turkish day workers risk falling through a financial safety net being set up to support those idled due to the coronavirus outbreak, ...
Apr 14, 2020
UK must stop China’s bid to remove Imagination Technologies’ tech, British lawmaker says
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government should seek every mechanism to prevent the removal of Imagination Technologies' technology base to China, including seeking a Western purchaser for the compan...
Apr 14, 2020
As rebel-held Syria fears virus, just one machine is there to test
By Khalil Ashawi IDLIB, Syria (Reuters) - A single machine at Mohamad Shahim Makki's medical centre in Idlib province, part of Syria's last rebel stronghold, is the only alarm that will sound when the...
Apr 14, 2020
