Author Archives: Syndicated Content
After beating coronavirus, a Zimbabwe survivor lives with the stigma
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - When Saul Sakudya arrived in an ambulance at a hospital in Zimbabwe's capital after catching COVID-19, he said the medical staff wouldn't go near him because t...
Apr 27, 2020
Explainer: Hong Kong’s currency finds strength in testing times
By Noah Sin HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong dollar is bumping against the top end of its narrow 7.75-7.85 band against the U.S. dollar and is among the best-performing currencies this year even as...
Apr 27, 2020
Russia’s stranded migrants lose jobs, rely on handouts and peers for food
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Even before Moscow's coronavirus lockdown, Ibragim Artykov, a builder from Tajikistan, was down on his luck. Over two months, he had four jobs and in all of them hi...
Apr 27, 2020
China denies spreading coronavirus disinformation following EU report
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry on Monday denied claims that Beijing is spreading disinformation about the coronavirus following a European Union report that said there was "significant e...
Apr 27, 2020
In cash-loving Japan, banks still busy despite coronavirus emergency
By Takashi Umekawa TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese retail customers' love affair with cash - and some extra free time while working at home - is keeping bank branches busy despite government calls for peop...
Apr 27, 2020
Australia rejects Chinese ‘economic coercion’ threat amid planned coronavirus probe
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has cautioned China against attempts at "economic coercion" as Australia pushes for an investigation into the coronavirus ...
Apr 27, 2020
Spain’s daily coronavirus death toll picks up slightly
MADRID (Reuters) - The number of daily fatalities from the novel coronavirus reported in Spain rose on Monday to 331, up from 288 the previous day, the health ministry said. The overall death toll cau...
Apr 27, 2020
Indonesia reports 214 new coronavirus infections, 22 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's number of reported cases of the coronavirus has risen by 214 to 9,096, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said on Monday. Death rose by 22 to 765 while 1,151 peop...
Apr 27, 2020
Allianz agrees bankassurance deal with BBVA: sources
MUNICH/MADRID (Reuters) - German insurer Allianz has struck a deal to invest in the bancassurance business of Spanish lender BBVA , two sources close to the matter told Reuters, adding that an announc...
Apr 27, 2020
UK to consider error ranges for official GDP data
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's statisticians will consider publishing confidence intervals for quarterly estimates of gross domestic product growth to better communicate the uncertainty in initial estim...
Apr 27, 2020
