Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Demand for masks crashes website of Japan’s Sharp
TOKYO (Reuters) - The website of Japanese electronics firm Sharp crashed on Tuesday after the company started selling face masks online, as Japan's tally of coronavirus infections passed 11,000. The c...
Apr 21, 2020
Iran extends Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s temporary release: lawyer
Iran's judiciary has extended British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's temporary release from jail by another month, her lawyer told state news agency IRNA on Tuesday. In mid-March, Zagh...
Apr 21, 2020
Explainer: Netanyahu hangs on in unity government in deal after inconclusive Israeli elections
By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Benny Gantz have signed an agreement for a unity government under which they will take turns leading Israel...
Apr 21, 2020
Coca-Cola sees second quarter sales hit from coronavirus lockdown
(Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co on Tuesday forecast a significant hit to current-quarter results as restaurants, theaters and other venues that represent about half of the company's revenue remain closed bec...
Apr 21, 2020
Congo artisanal cobalt programme expands with industry backing
By Helen Reid JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A programme to monitor and improve artisanal cobalt mines in Democratic Republic of Congo will double the number of mining sites it covers this year through a pa...
Apr 21, 2020
Futures slide as U.S. crude crashes below zero
By C Nivedita (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures resumed their slide on Tuesday as gloomy quarterly earnings reports and a historic plunge in U.S. crude prices to below zero raised the specter of a ...
Apr 21, 2020
French parliament to vote on COVID-19 tracing app
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government has decided to allow lawmakers to vote on its plan to launch a contact-tracing app to fight the coronavirus outbreak, lawmakers and the prime minister's office ...
Apr 21, 2020
UK insurance industry working with Pool Re to develop pandemic cover
(Reuters) - The UK insurance industry has formed a steering committee comprising several top insurance company bosses who will work with government-backed terrorism reinsurance fund Pool Re to develop...
Apr 21, 2020
In Spain, asparagus lies unpicked as lockdown shuts out migrant workers
TORRE DEL BURGO, Spain, April 21 (Reuters) - About half of farmer Jaime Urbina's asparagus crop lies unpicked in his fields in central Spain as border closures to curb the coronavirus block Eastern Eu...
Apr 21, 2020
Coronavirus likely of animal origin, no sign of lab manipulation: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that all available evidence suggests that the novel coronavirus originated in bats in China late last year and it was not manipul...
Apr 21, 2020
