Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Many of Japan’s pachinko parlours stay open despite state of emergency
By Hideto Sakai and Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - As stores have closed across Japan during a state of emergency, some pachinko parlours remain defiantly open, sparking concern the noisy gambling hal...
Apr 23, 2020
China to cut new energy vehicle subsidies by 10% this year
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will cut its subsidies on new energy vehicles (NEV) by 10% this year, and will expand government purchases of NEVs, the finance ministry said on Thursday. The new policy is e...
Apr 23, 2020
Botswana’s president, lawmakers out of quarantine after testing negative for coronavirus
GABORONE (Reuters) - President Mokgweetsi Masisi and all of Botswana's lawmakers have been released from two weeks in quarantine after testing negative for the coronavirus, a senior official said on T...
Apr 23, 2020
Vietnam says accusations it hacked China for virus information ‘baseless’
HANOI (Reuters) - A report which said Vietnamese government-linked hackers had attempted to break into Chinese state organisations at the centre of Beijing's effort to contain the coronavirus outbreak...
Apr 23, 2020
Chinese citizen journalist resurfaces after going missing in Wuhan
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese citizen journalist who posted videos about the coronavirus situation in the city of Wuhan has resurfaced after going missing for almost two months, saying...
Apr 23, 2020
Eight of 10 UK firms interested in coronavirus furlough scheme: ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - Around eight of every 10 of British companies are interested in the government's offer to pay 80% of the wages of staff who are temporarily laid off, according to a survey published...
Apr 23, 2020
UK lenders provide 2.8 billion pounds in emergency COVID loans
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's banks have provided 2.8 billion pounds ($3.5 billion)in emergency loans to small and medium-sized companies under a government-backed scheme to help businesses survive the...
Apr 23, 2020
Spanish hotels see 66% visitor slump in March amid epidemic
MADRID (Reuters) - The number of foreign visitors staying in Spanish hotels slumped almost 66% in March to 1.19 million as the coronavirus epidemic forced the tourism-dependent country to impose one o...
Apr 23, 2020
Japan offers bleakest view of economy in over a decade as virus damage deepens
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government on Thursday offered its bleakest assessment of the economy in over a decade as the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic threatens to tip the world...
Apr 23, 2020
Finland PM to work from home as precaution against coronavirus
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin will work from home from Thursday as a precaution against possible exposure to the coronavirus, her office said. The decision was made after Mar...
Apr 23, 2020
