Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Fares show declines as airlines brace for tough recovery: Skytra
By Laurence Frost PARIS (Reuters) - Air fares have fallen as much as 30% since the start of the year in North America and Europe, according to the first of a new series of industry data, while stabili...
Apr 17, 2020
Oh brother! Coronavirus calls split family fortunes on Wall Street
(This story contains language that some readers might find offensive in the 21st paragraph) By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON (Reuters) - After a calamitous two week plunge in stocks as the coronavirus sp...
Apr 17, 2020
Locked-down investors aim algorithms at chaotic currency markets
By Tommy Wilkes and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) - A new breed of trading algorithms has deftly navigated the turbulence in currency markets caused by the coronavirus pandemic, driving up demand...
Apr 17, 2020
Singapore mulls placing workers who recover from COVID-19 on cruise ships
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is assessing whether migrant workers who have recovered from coronavirus might be safer on cruise ships than back in dormitories that have become infection hotbeds, des...
Apr 17, 2020
In Modi’s India, virus fallout inflames divisions between Muslims and Hindus
By Alexandra Ulmer and Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) - The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui's hand by Indian health workers was supposed to ensure he stayed home under quarantine. B...
Apr 17, 2020
Myanmar to free almost 25,000 prisoners in New Year amnesty: president
(Reuters) - Myanmar will release almost 25,000 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the traditional New Year, the president's office said on Friday. President Win Myint said 24,896 people jailed across the...
Apr 16, 2020
Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen to be released due to coronavirus outbreak – sources
By Aram Roston and Mark Hosenball (Reuters) - Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney to U.S. President Donald Trump, will be released early from prison because of the coronavirus pandemic, two so...
Apr 16, 2020
Southwest asks unions to start considering post-aid concessions
By Tracy Rucinski (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co has approached unions representing pilots, flight attendants, mechanics and other employees to discuss potential concessions to prepare for a slow i...
Apr 16, 2020
Japan airlines keep most domestic flights despite few takers for seats
By Maki Shiraki and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top airlines are operating a majority of their domestic capacity even though the coronavirus outbreak has left seats on flights mostly empty, am...
Apr 16, 2020
China’s first-quarter GDP posts first decline on record as virus shuts down economy
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy shrank 6.8% in January-March from a year earlier, official data showed on Friday, the first such decline since at least 1992 when quarterly gross domestic product (...
Apr 16, 2020
