Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
Testing times for India in race to head off coronavirus epidemic
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, like a lot of countries plunged into crisis by the pandemic, is struggling to ramp up testing for the coronavirus, but in few places would the odds of c...
Apr 06, 2020
Australia’s Kyrgios offers to drop food at doorstep of those in need
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios once again showed his compassionate side on Monday, pledging to help hungry people and drop off food at doorstep for those in need during the c...
Apr 06, 2020
