Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Copper takes aim at COVID-19 with virus-killer coatings
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) - At an outer suburban manufacturing plant, engineer Byron Kennedy is resetting a machine to spray-print a layer of copper on to a door handle, aiming to use the ...
May 08, 2020
Coronavirus crisis is hitting demand at 60% of German firms: DIHK
BERLIN (Reuters) - Some 60% of German companies are suffering from reduced demand and 80% of firms in Europe's largest economy expect revenues to fall this year as the coronavirus outbreak wreaks havo...
May 08, 2020
South Africans mourn a metre apart as COVID-19 curbs funerals
By Emma Rumney SOWETO, South Africa (Reuters) - Maaki Modimola sways along to a hymn in the yard of her dead sister's home in the South African township of Soweto, a bottle of sanitiser swinging in he...
May 08, 2020
Spain industrial output falls 12.2% year-on-year in March
(Reuters) - Spain's calendar-adjusted industrial output fell 12.2% year-on-year in March as the country ground to a halt following a strict lockdown imposed on March 14 to curb the coronavirus contagi...
May 08, 2020
Former ABA commissioner Storen dies at 84
Mike Storen, a sports executive who served as commissioner of the American Basketball Association in the 1970s, died Thursday at age 84. His daughter, ESPN broadcaster Hannah Storm, said her father di...
May 08, 2020
German exports plunge in March as coronavirus crisis hits demand
BERLIN (Reuters) - German exports tumbled by 11.8% in March, their steepest drop since current records began in 1990, as the coronavirus crisis reduced demand for goods from Europe's biggest economy, ...
May 08, 2020
On this day: Born May 9, 1968: Marie-Jose Perec, French athlete
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - The greatest French athlete of all time, Marie-Jose Perec will be remembered for gracing the track with her elegant stride, but also for mysteriously walking away fr...
May 08, 2020
Japan eyes another stimulus package as pandemic crushes economy
By Kaori Kaneko and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will look into additional steps to cushion the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic, its economy minister said on Friday, signallin...
May 08, 2020
One person dead after being struck by plane landing at airport in Austin, Texas
(Reuters) - A person was killed late Thursday after being struck by a plane landing at an airport in Austin, Texas, officials said. The person was struck and killed on runway 17R by a landing aircraft...
May 08, 2020
Air New Zealand to boost capacity as virus curbs ease, but higher fares expected
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Air New Zealand Ltd said on Friday it would boost domestic capacity to 20% of usual levels once the country further loosens pandemic restrictions, but it cannot offer its lowest far...
May 08, 2020
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