Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pound down after coronavirus-stricken Johnson taken to hospital for tests
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The pound fell against the dollar and euro on Monday after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital for tests after showing persistent symptoms ...
Apr 05, 2020
Mexico registers 2,143 coronavirus cases, 94 deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico on Sunday had registered 2,143 cases of the novel coronavirus in the country, an increase of 253 cases from a day earlier, the health ministry said. The number of deaths...
Apr 05, 2020
Virus-hit Carnival cruise ship docks in Australia for crew emergencies
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Carnival Corp's troubled Ruby Princess cruise liner docked at a port on Australia's east coast on Monday to help remove crew who need urgent medical treatment and ...
Apr 05, 2020
Panama’s coronavirus death roll rises to 54, registers total of 1,988 cases
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama's health ministry on Sunday registered 1,988 cases of the novel coronavirus in the Central American country, a rise of 187 cases from a day earlier. The number of deaths...
Apr 05, 2020
Oil skids on oversupply fears, U.S. stock futures jump
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Oil prices skidded on Monday after Saudi-Russian output discussions showed no immediate signs of progress while U.S. stock futures jumped as investors were encourage...
Apr 05, 2020
Solid chip sales unlikely to cushion Samsung’s virus-hit first quarter profit
By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) - The coronavirus-driven global shift to working from home is set to have boosted demand for Samsung Electronics' memory chips from laptop makers and data centres, but f...
Apr 05, 2020
Trump voices hope for ‘leveling-off’ of coronavirus in U.S. hot spots
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed hope that the United States was seeing a "leveling-off" of the coronavirus crisis in some of the nation's hot spots for the viral outb...
Apr 05, 2020
Japan PM Abe to declare state of emergency as early as Tuesday: Yomiuri
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will declare a state of emergency over the coronavirus as early as Tuesday and will likely announce his plans to do so on Monday, the Yomiuri newsp...
Apr 05, 2020
UK consumer confidence suffers record fall over coronavirus: GfK
LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer confidence has recorded its biggest fall in more than 45 years, a survey showed on Monday, as a widening shutdown of the economy to slow the spread of the coronavir...
Apr 05, 2020
UK’s Izana Bioscience tests rheumatoid arthritis drug in COVID-19 patients
LONDON (Reuters) - UK-based biopharma company Izana Bioscience said it was testing its antibody therapy namilumab for the treatment of patients with rapidly worsening COVID-19 at the Humanitas Researc...
Apr 05, 2020
