Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China urges coronavirus testing capacity ramp-up in preparation for potential outbreaks
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's local governments and medical institutes should ramp up and reserve coronavirus testing capacity in preparation for increased demand amid potential outbreaks, national heal...
Jul 02, 2020
Russia considering $26 billion budget spending hike to fight virus, says PM
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Thursday the government would consider increasing budget spending by 1.8 trillion roubles ($25.6 billion) to fight the coronavirus a...
Jul 02, 2020
Saudi Arabia extends economic measures to mitigate pandemic impact: agency
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia extended for an additional period several government initiatives to support the private sector and investors in mitigating the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, state ...
Jul 02, 2020
IMF urges Ukraine to keep central bank independent as governor’s exit rattles market
By Matthias Williams and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund urged Ukraine on Thursday to maintain the independence of the central bank after Governor Yakiv Smoliy unexpect...
Jul 02, 2020
Musk says Tesla is building ‘RNA microfactories’ for CureVac
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc is building "RNA microfactories" for coronavirus vaccine developer CureVac in Germany, the electric carmaker's chief executive officer, Elon Musk, tweeted on Wednesday. CureVac, ...
Jul 02, 2020
Athletics: Russia misses deadline to pay doping fine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's suspended athletics federation said on Thursday it had missed a July 1 deadline to pay $5 million of a fine to World Athletics, jeopardising the chances of its track and fi...
Jul 02, 2020
End of lockdown fails to boost jobs market in Spain
By Beln Carreo and Emma Pinedo (Reuters) - The end of the coronavirus lockdown in Spain failed to bring a surge in employment as government data showed that the 900,000 jobs lost at the pandemic's pea...
Jul 02, 2020
UK business executives fear bigger hit to jobs from COVID: BoE
LONDON (Reuters) - British business executives last month forecast a bigger hit to jobs from the coronavirus pandemic than previously, according to a Bank of England survey published on Thursday. Mana...
Jul 02, 2020
Indian police allege fraud by GVK chairman, others at Mumbai airport
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's federal police have filed a criminal complaint against the chairman of conglomerate GVK Group and others for alleged fraud in the development of Mumbai's international airpo...
Jul 02, 2020
Explosion at Astron Energy’s South African refinery kills at least two: source
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - An explosion on Thursday at Astron Energy's South African refinery in Cape Town has killed at least two people and injured several others, a source who works at the 100,000 barre...
Jul 02, 2020
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