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Vietnamese hat seller turns to homemade face shields in virus fight
By Yen Duong HANOI (Reuters) - For nearly three decades, Quach My Linh has sold hats at Ba Chieu market in Vietnam's bustling Ho Chi Minh City. But following a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread o...
Apr 06, 2020
Kia compact vehicles contractor suspends production
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean contract manufacturer for Kia Motors' compact vehicles has suspended production, a company official said on Monday, citing a drop in overseas demand as the coronavirus...
Apr 06, 2020
PM Modi, lawmakers agree 30 percent salary cut as India deals with coronavirus
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top government figures will take a 30 percent salary cut this year, a government minister said on Monday, as the country tackles the...
Apr 06, 2020
JPMorgan announces coronavirus relief package for customers
(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said on Monday the bank would extend benefits to customers who have been hurt by the ongoing coronavirus crisis by introducing m...
Apr 06, 2020
Head of junior Poland coalition party quits over election plan
WARSAW (Reuters) - Accord, a junior party in Poland's ruling coalition, will stay in government, its head Jaroslaw Gowin said on Monday, but he said he was quitting as he opposes the country holding a...
Apr 06, 2020
Swiss coronavirus deaths hit 584, positive tests rise to 21,652
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss death toll from the novel coronavirus has risen to 584, the country's public health agency said on Monday, from 559 people on Sunday. The number of positive tests also inc...
Apr 06, 2020
Migrant workers fear massive Singapore dormitory lockdown is coronavirus time bomb
By John Geddie and Ruma Paul SINGAPORE/DHAKA (Reuters) - Migrant workers living in vast Singapore dormitories cut off from the outside world due to the coronavirus outbreak fear their cramped and squa...
Apr 06, 2020
Iran death toll from coronavirus outbreak reaches 3,739: health ministry
(Reuters) - The death toll in Iran from the coronavirus outbreak has reached 3,739, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on state TV on Monday. The total number of people infected by corana...
Apr 06, 2020
France to see worst post-war downturn this year: minister
PARIS (Reuters) - France will likely see its worst post-war economic downturn this year, far surpassing the -2.2% slump seen in 2009 after the global financial crisis, its finance minister said on Mon...
Apr 06, 2020
Kremlin says Russia is ready for oil market cooperation
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow is ready to coordinate with other leading oil exporting countries to help to stabilise the global oil market, the Kremlin said on Monday. Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia's we...
Apr 06, 2020
