Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ukraine lawmakers flood banking bill needed for IMF deal with thousands of amendments
By Ilya Zhegulev KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian lawmakers have proposed thousands of amendments to banking legislation required by the International Monetary Fund, threatening to derail an $8 billion IMF ...
Apr 07, 2020
TJX to furlough most of about 286,000 staff as stores stay shut amid pandemic
(Reuters) - Off-price retailer TJX Companies Inc said on Tuesday it would furlough most of the employees at its stores and distribution centers, as outlets remain closed to curb the spread of the coro...
Apr 07, 2020
France fourth country to pass the 10,000 coronavirus death toll
PARIS (Reuters) - France has officially registered more than 10,000 deaths from coronavirus infections on Tuesday, becoming the fourth country to go beyond that threshold after Italy, Spain and the Un...
Apr 07, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 374,329 coronavirus cases, 12,064 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday reported 374,329 cases of coronavirus, an increase of 43,438 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of...
Apr 07, 2020
Colombian businesses call for more aid after quarantine extension
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian businesses on Tuesday called on the government to expand measures to help companies weather coronavirus, after President Ivan Duque extended a nationwide lockdown by two w...
Apr 07, 2020
Taliban recalls negotiators from Afghanistan after suspending prisoner exchange talks
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Jonathan Landay KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Taliban on Tuesday recalled the insurgent group's negotiators from Afghanistan hours after they suspended talks on a prisoner...
Apr 07, 2020
UK will share more legal texts with EU shortly: Brexit trade deal negotiator
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain remains in touch with the European Union over negotiations for a trade deal and will share further legal texts with the bloc shortly, the country's Brexit negotiator David F...
Apr 07, 2020
Facebook launches new chat app for couples
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Tuesday launched a new social app for couples called "Tuned" that allows partners to chat, share photos, music and have a timeline of shared memories between them. The app ...
Apr 07, 2020
Canada still needs to work on U.S. to ensure flow of medical supplies: Trudeau
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada still has more work to do to persuade Washington to ensure medical supplies flow freely, even though U.S. officials have allowed the export of 500,000 masks, Prime Minister J...
Apr 07, 2020
Egypt to ban Ramadan gatherings to counter spread of coronavirus
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will ban any public religious gatherings during the holy Muslim fasting month Ramadan starting in around two weeks to counter the spread of the new coronavirus, a government st...
Apr 07, 2020
