Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hong Kong civil servants to return to work as lockdown eases
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday most civil servants will gradually return to work from May 4, although the government had not yet decided whether to ease travel and s...
Apr 27, 2020
Report: NFL creating alternatives for 2020 schedule
The NFL is forming contingency plans in case its schedule of games needs to be altered, Sports Business Daily reported Monday, including season openers more than a month later than expected and pushin...
Apr 27, 2020
China’s Shaanxi province reports 20 new imported coronavirus cases
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's northwestern Shaanxi province reported 20 new imported COVID-19 cases between 8 a.m. local time (0000 GMT) Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday, the ruling Communist Party's official ...
Apr 27, 2020
Australia Treasury says not working on any new economic packages at moment
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australia Treasury is not working on any new stimulus packages at the moment, after the government launched a range of substantial spending plans in recent weeks to cushion the ...
Apr 27, 2020
Aussie dollar near six-week peak as easing lockdowns spur risk
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Australian dollar tested six-week highs on Tuesday, as signs of progress in re-opening economies helped the risk-sensitive currency recoup most of the panic ...
Apr 27, 2020
South Korea April exports to post worst decline since 2009: Reuters poll
By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's exports were seen contracting at the sharpest pace in nearly 11 years in April as the coronavirus pandemic caused massive disruptions to global supply chai...
Apr 27, 2020
Ramadan bazaars go digital in Southeast Asia amid pandemic
By Rozanna Latiff and Ebrahim Harris KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - For 15 years, Siti Zabedah Abdul Wahab's family food business has opened for one month a year, selling murtabak, a pan-fried bread stuffed...
Apr 27, 2020
Brazilians divided on impeachment of President Bolsonaro: poll
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilians are split on impeaching President Jair Bolsonaro despite a majority believing accusations by the former justice minister that Bolsonaro tried to interfere with the fede...
Apr 27, 2020
South Korea President says economic impact of coronavirus will increase
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday said the deepening impact from the coronavirus pandemic will worsen going forward, and said massive job losses are of his particular conc...
Apr 27, 2020
Oil prices slide again as world runs low on storage capacity amid plunge in demand
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil fell on Tuesday, adding to huge declines in the previous session, on worries about limited capacity to store crude worldwide and expectations that fuel demand may only recove...
Apr 27, 2020
