Category Archives: Syndicated
Gulf markets falls on oil slump, Saudi riyal down in forwards market
DUBAI (Reuters) - Gulf stock markets fell on Tuesday and the Saudi currency dropped in the forwards market, after U.S. crude oil futures collapsed below $0 on a coronavirus-induced supply glut. The Sa...
Apr 21, 2020
‘Keep your hands off’ Lebanon’s banks, lenders tell government
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's draft plans for addressing its financial crisis puts the bulk of the cost on banks and sends the wrong message to investors the country badly needs, the banking associatio...
Apr 21, 2020
New Zealand’s lockdown contained coronavirus. Now comes the hard part
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her top health official announced this week they would delay easing tough measures to control the coronavirus...
Apr 21, 2020
Singapore PM to update country on coronavirus measures
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's prime minister will address the country at 1700 local time (0900 GMT) to provide an update on the battle against the COVID-19 disease. "I will be giving an update on ...
Apr 21, 2020
Huawei first-quarter revenue growth slows sharply amid U.S. ban, virus headwinds
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies' revenue growth slowed sharply in the first quarter but the world's top telecoms equipment supplier labeled the performance as "resilient" in ligh...
Apr 21, 2020
California regulator wants changes in PG&E reorganization plan, proposes $2 billion fine
(Reuters) - A California regulator has asked PG&E Corp for governance and oversight changes in its reorganization plan, while also proposing penalties of about $2 billion on the San-Francisco based ut...
Apr 21, 2020
Denmark says public gatherings will not exceed 500 people until September
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark will not allow public gatherings to exceed 500 persons until at least Sept. 1, the Danish health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The statement contradicted earl...
Apr 21, 2020
China says Vietnam’s claims in South China sea are illegal, ‘doomed to fail’
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry says it has lodged stern representations in response to what it called Vietnam's illegal claims in the South China sea and that any attempt to deny China's...
Apr 21, 2020
EU may need $1.7 trillion post-coronavirus package: French EU commissioner
By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Matthieu Protard PARIS (Reuters) - An economic support package being readied to help the European Union recover from the coronavirus crisis may need be to worth around 1.6 trill...
Apr 21, 2020
Russia’s confirmed coronavirus cases surge past 52,000
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia recorded 5,642 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, bringing its nationwide tally to 52,763, the Russian coronavirus crisis response centre said on Tuesday. Fifty-one ...
Apr 21, 2020
