Category Archives: Syndicated
Yemen’s emergency coronavirus committee declares Aden an infested city
CAIRO (Reuters) - Yemen's emergency coronavirus committee declared Aden, the seat to Yemen's internationally recognised government, an infested city early on Monday after coronavirus cases there jumpe...
May 10, 2020
Kvitova, Pliskova headline all-Czech tournament
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and World No. 3 Karolina Pliskova are among the players who will compete in an all-Czech Republic tournament in Prague on May 26-28. The tournament comes at a...
May 10, 2020
Saudi Arabia to raise VAT threefold, suspend cost of living allowance
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's government is suspending the cost of living allowance and raising the value added tax threefold, as part of measures aimed to shore up state finances, which have been ...
May 10, 2020
Japan PM says ready to take more stimulus steps to combat pandemic
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday the government was ready to take further steps to ease the economic pain from the coronavirus pandemic. "If we decide that additiona...
May 10, 2020
Shanghai Disneyland re-opens after three-month closure due to coronavirus
By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co reopened its Shanghai Disneyland park on Monday to a reduced number of visitors, ending a roughly three-month closure caused by the coronavirus outb...
May 10, 2020
Japan appoints first female central bank executive director
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government on Monday appointed Tokiko Shimizu as the central bank's new executive director, who will be the first female official to assume the post. Shimizu, a career centra...
May 10, 2020
Tunisia reports no new coronavirus cases for first time since early March
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia recorded zero new coronavirus cases for the first time since early March, health authorities said on Monday, as the government will further relax restrictions on movement and...
May 10, 2020
Pandemic stirs BOJ debate of Great Depression-like downturn
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Some Japanese central bankers called for even bolder steps than those announced at last month's policy decision, a summary of bank views showed on Monday, to prevent ...
May 10, 2020
Saudi to distribute $493 million as ‘Ramadan Aid’ for social security beneficiaries
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi king Salman ordered on Monday the distribution of "Ramadan Aid" worth 1.85 billion riyal ($492.6 million) for social security beneficiaries, the state news agency reported. Pro...
May 10, 2020
For Malaysian schoolgirl, homework is sewing PPE gowns to help beat coronavirus
By Ebrahim Harris SEREMBAN, Malaysia (Reuters) - For a nine-year-old Malaysian schoolgirl, the new coronavirus was hard to fathom. But Nur Afia Qistina Zamzuri knew one thing for sure: It was dangerou...
May 10, 2020
