Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Rush for masks, toilet paper slows Japan’s household spending decline
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's consumer spending fell in February but at a slower-than-expected pace as households scrambled for protective masks, toilet paper and staple food amid the wors...
Apr 06, 2020
Australian job ads slide 10.3% in March amid virus shutdown
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian job advertisements suffered their largest drop in more than a decade in March as strict social distancing rules and business closures to combat the coronavirus curbed dem...
Apr 06, 2020
Acting U.S. Navy secretary apologizes to carrier commander after rebuke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly issued an apology on Monday to the former commander of a coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier after sharply criticizing him in a speech ...
Apr 06, 2020
UK’s Johnson fights worsening coronavirus symptoms in intensive care
By Paul Sandle and Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was being treated for worsening coronavirus symptoms in an intensive care unit on Tuesday, with his foreign mini...
Apr 06, 2020
Silver: No NBA decision until at least May
The NBA doesn't expect to have a decision about the status of the 2019-20 season -- currently suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic -- until at least May, commissioner Adam Silver said Monday. Dur...
Apr 06, 2020
USGA considered December U.S. Open at Riviera
Before the U.S. Golf Association settled on a September date for the rescheduled U.S. Open at Winged Foot in Mamaroneck, N.Y., a backup plan to hold the major event at Riviera Country Club near Los An...
Apr 06, 2020
Mainland China reports 32 new confirmed cases of coronavirus
BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 32 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, down from 39 cases a day earlier, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday. All of the new confirmed cases ...
Apr 06, 2020
Pound stays on back foot as PM Johnson enters intensive care
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The pound edged lower against the dollar and the euro on Tuesday after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care after his coronavirus symptom...
Apr 06, 2020
Oil gains as hopes rise for production cut amid coronavirus outbreak
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil rose on Tuesday amid hopes that the world's biggest producers of crude will agree to curtail production as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the global economy, even as analysts c...
Apr 06, 2020
From filmmaker to medicine courier: volunteers helped Wuhan’s virus fight
By Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) - While most people in the Chinese city of Wuhan were hunkered down in their homes at the height of the country's coronavirus outbreak, Lin Wenhua was out on the e...
Apr 06, 2020
