Category Archives: Syndicated
UK inflation fell just before coronavirus lockdown, weighed by clothing
By Andy Bruce and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Dragged down by clothing and footwear prices, Britain's inflation rate fell as expected in March when oil prices tumbled and the coronavirus cris...
Apr 22, 2020
Pandemic won’t cause euro debt crisis, but a North-South divide
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone government debt will surge this year on the coronavirus pandemic, but while another debt crisis is unlikely, large differences in indebtedness as cou...
Apr 22, 2020
Ships, trains, caves: Oil traders chase storage space in world awash with fuel
By Ron Bousso, Stephanie Kelly and Laura Sanicola LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil traders are struggling to find enough ships, railcars, caverns and pipelines to store fuel as more conventional storag...
Apr 22, 2020
China’s equity funds outperform Asian peers in first quarter
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Tom Westbrook (Reuters) - China's equity funds topped Asia in price performance in the first quarter of 2020, Refinitiv Lipper data showed, owing to the resilience of t...
Apr 22, 2020
Fear of coronavirus haunts Egypt’s cramped jails
CAIRO (Reuters) - Last April, medical student Mohamed Amashah stood on Cairo's Tahrir Square and held up a sign saying "Freedom for prisoners". He was detained. Now awaiting trial for more than a year...
Apr 22, 2020
Iran’s Guards launch its first military satellite: state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards launched its first satellite on Tuesday, Iranian state TV reported, adding that it has reached orbit. "Iran's first military satellite, Noor, was la...
Apr 22, 2020
UK should hold inquiry into COVID-19 response, Liberal Democrats say
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom should hold an independent inquiry into Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handling of the novel coronavirus crisis, the opposition Liberal Democrat party said. "Once...
Apr 22, 2020
Japan’s coronavirus mask handout tainted by gripes over mould, stains, insects
By Naomi Tajitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's effort to distribute protective cloth masks in its coronavirus battle has been marred by complaints about mould, insects, and stains, fuelling further concer...
Apr 22, 2020
Hong Kong security chief warns of rising risk of ‘home-grown terrorism’
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Security Secretary John Lee said on Wednesday the Chinese-ruled city was facing the risk of "home-grown terrorism" after several police reports of finding explosive m...
Apr 22, 2020
Recovered, almost: China’s early patients unable to shed coronavirus
By Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) - Dressed in a hazmat suit, two masks and a face shield, Du Mingjun knocked on the mahogany door of a flat in a suburban district of Wuhan on a recent morning. A m...
Apr 22, 2020
