Category Archives: Syndicated
Rwanda uses drones to help catch lockdown transgressors
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) - Tech-savvy Rwanda is using drones to keep residents of the capital Kigali informed of coronavirus lockdown measures - and help catch those who abuse them. ...
Apr 17, 2020
Italy’s firms shake lockdown using shortcut in coronavirus law
By Giselda Vagnoni and Valentina Za ROME/MILAN (Reuters) - Weeks into Italy's coronavirus lockdown, thousands of Italian entrepreneurs have been given a bureaucratic shortcut to market. The government...
Apr 17, 2020
Chile’s economy, battered by 2019 protests, confronts coronavirus
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chiles export-driven economy, once the envy of Latin America, will see a painfully slow recovery after being battered by the one-two punch of mass protests in late 2019 and the sl...
Apr 17, 2020
AMC says it has enough cash to withstand theater shutdowns until July
(Reuters) - AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc, the world's largest theater operator, said on Friday its current cash balance was enough to withstand a global suspension of operations until a partial reop...
Apr 17, 2020
German economic situation most serious since World War Two: minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German economy, Europe's largest, is in its most grave economic situation since World War Two, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Friday. "The German economy is in a situat...
Apr 17, 2020
Tajikistan leader’s son named senate speaker
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - The eldest son of Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon was elected as speaker in the senate on Friday, cementing the family's grip on power in the Central Asian nation ahead of a presi...
Apr 17, 2020
Lockdown cuts India’s fuel demand 50% in first half of April
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian state retailers sold 50% less refined fuel in the first two weeks of April than the same time a year ago as a nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of the new coronavirus...
Apr 17, 2020
Coronavirus cases in the Netherlands top 30,000: health authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Confirmed coronavirus infections in the Netherlands have risen by 1,235 to 30,449, Dutch health authorities said on Friday. The death toll among people known to have been infecte...
Apr 17, 2020
GE aircraft leasing unit cancels 69 737 MAX orders
(Reuters) - The aircraft leasing subsidiary of General Electric Co , GECAS, said on Friday it was canceling 69 orders for Boeing Co's grounded 737 MAX jets. GECAS maintains 29 MAX aircraft in its flee...
Apr 17, 2020
UBS, HSBC sell down AMS stake left after rights issue
VIENNA (Reuters) - Lenders UBS and HSBC have cut their combined stake in AMS to below 1% from the 15% they were forced to take after weak demand for the sensor maker's capital increase, a notification...
Apr 17, 2020
