Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Airbus announces additional production pauses
PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus said on Monday it had decided additional production pauses, in Germany and in the United States, in response to an industry-wide slowdown triggered by the coronavirus crisis. ...
Apr 06, 2020
Facebook asks users about coronavirus symptoms, releases friendship data to researchers
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday it would start surveying some U.S. users about their health as part of a Carnegie Mellon University research project aimed at genera...
Apr 06, 2020
Saudi Arabia imposes 24-hour curfew in Riyadh and other cities
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia imposed on Monday a 24-hour curfew in the capital Riyadh and a number of cities effective immediately and until further notice, as a precautionary measure against corona...
Apr 06, 2020
France’s coronavirus death rate accelerates, cases near 100,000
PARIS (Reuters) - France's coronavirus figures on Monday showed that the rate of increase in fatalities - now at almost 9,000 - sped up again after several days of slowing, while the increase in peopl...
Apr 06, 2020
Irish demand for social benefits soars as coronavirus bites
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The number of people in Ireland dependent on social welfare income support amidst the coronavirus outbreak has soared to more than 700,000 based on numbers released on Monday by the...
Apr 06, 2020
Zimbabwe eases coronavirus lockdown to allow diaspora remittances flow
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will allow citizens to access remittances from the diaspora and permit farmers to take their produce to the market, easing a three-week coronavirus lockdown that analysts f...
Apr 06, 2020
U.S. flights returning Guatemalan deportees halted one week: Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's foreign ministry said on Monday that all flights from the United States returning deported Guatemalan migrants are suspended this week due to the coronavirus pan...
Apr 06, 2020
Former media executives indicted in U.S. FIFA probe
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Monday announced new criminal charges against two former executives of 21st Century Fox Inc and others stemming from a long-running investig...
Apr 06, 2020
Israel declares coronavirus lockdown for Passover holiday feast
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday a national lockdown would begin on Tuesday and end on Friday to try to stem the spread of the new coronavirus during...
Apr 06, 2020
Swiss street artist pays tribute to unsung coronavirus heroes
By Cecile Mantovani GLAND, Switzerland (Reuters) - Street artist David Perez has found his own way to pay tribute in Switzerland to the people he regards as the unsung heroes of the coronavirus crisis...
Apr 06, 2020
