Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sanofi will donate 100 million doses of hydroxychloroquine to 50 countries
PARIS (Reuters) - French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi said Friday it had decided to donate 100 million doses of hydroxychloroquine, the decades-old anti-malaria drug touted by some as a potential weapo...
Apr 10, 2020
Japan’s battle with pandemic may mark end of Abe’s fiscal experiment
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - The huge cost of the coronavirus pandemic is upending Japan's seven-year experiment to rescue the economy from its debt timebomb, as recession f...
Apr 10, 2020
Japan finmin: not considering at all asking BOJ to finance debt
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government is not considering at all asking the Bank of Japan now to finance its debt boosted by stimulus to contain the economic fallout from the coronavirus, Finance Minist...
Apr 10, 2020
Cambodia adopts law to allow for emergency powers to tackle coronavirus
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's parliament passed a law on Friday to prepare the way for a state of emergency, which Prime Minister Hun Sen has said he might have to declare to reinforce the campaig...
Apr 10, 2020
China to ease internal migration curbs this year to lift virus-hit economy
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will loosen residency rules this year to make it easier for people in rural areas to move to small cities, in an effort to ease labour shortages and boost consumption in an e...
Apr 10, 2020
On this day: Died April 11, 1977: Karen Krantzcke, Australian tennis player
(Reuters) - Karen Krantzcke played tennis at a time when Australia was routinely producing the world's best women's players, but her premature death at the age of 31 cemented her legacy far beyond any...
Apr 10, 2020
Japan sees 51 coronavirus-related bankruptcies
TOKYO (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has pushed 51 Japanese companies into bankruptcy with a spike in new cases seen in April, Tokyo Shoko Research said on Friday, underscoring the toll the heal...
Apr 10, 2020
East Timor reports second case of coronavirus
DILI (Reuters) - East Timor has confirmed another case of coronavirus, health authorities said on Friday, bringing the total number of cases to two. The infected person had travelled from Indonesia's ...
Apr 10, 2020
Thailand reports 50 new coronavirus cases, 1 new death
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported 50 new coronavirus cases and the death of a 43-year-old woman on Friday. Of the new cases, 27 are linked to previous cases and eight who are waiting for investiga...
Apr 10, 2020
China’s Wuhan to keep testing residents as coronavirus lockdown eases
By Brenda Goh WUHAN (Reuters) - China's Wuhan city, where the global coronavirus pandemic began, is still testing residents regularly despite relaxing its tough two-month lockdown, with the country wa...
Apr 10, 2020
