Category Archives: Syndicated
Developing countries unlock key industries to safeguard earnings and jobs
By Helen Reid and Tanisha Heiberg (Reuters) - From Africa to Asia and Latin America, emerging countries disproportionately bruised by the COVID-19 pandemic are allowing some key industries to start ba...
Apr 17, 2020
Orthodox church forsakes Via Dolorosa procession in Jerusalem
By Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The streets of Jerusalem's Old City were eerily quiet on Friday, after Greek Orthodox church authorities cancelled the traditional Easter procession along the ...
Apr 17, 2020
Czech hospital says it foiled cyberattack, day after national watchdog’s warning
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The university hospital in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava said on Friday it had foiled a cyberattack on one of its servers overnight. The Czech Republic warned its international ...
Apr 17, 2020
Teams could shut down due to COVID-19 crisis says Ineos boss Brailsford
(Reuters) - Cycling teams' sponsorship-based model could lead to their financial ruin as businesses struggle to deal with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Team Ineos' general manager Dave...
Apr 17, 2020
S&P revises Indonesia’s credit rating outlook to ‘negative’ amid virus outbreak
By Gayatri Suroyo and Tabita Diela JAKARTA (Reuters) - S&P Global Ratings on Friday revised Indonesia's credit rating outlook to "negative" from "stable", indicating the rising financial risks the cou...
Apr 17, 2020
Malaysia may extend virus curbs, but with more sectors open: minister
By Krishna N. Das KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia may extend its travel curbs beyond April 28 but with more sectors open for business, its second-most senior minister told Reuters on Friday as the g...
Apr 17, 2020
Factbox: RBI cuts reverse repo rate, takes more steps to tackle COVID-19 impact
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India on Friday unexpectedly cut its key deposit rate for the second time in three weeks to deter banks from parking idle funds with it and to spur lending to he...
Apr 17, 2020
Bank of England to buy 13.5 billion pounds of gilts next week
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's central bank will maintain its record pace of government bond purchases next week, buying another 13.5 billion pounds ($16.81 billion) of debt as part of its 200 billion-p...
Apr 17, 2020
P&G sales rise about 5% amid pandemic stockpiling
(Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co on Friday reported an about 5% rise in quarterly sales as consumers stocked up on everything from diapers and detergents to toilet rolls amid sweeping lockdowns around ...
Apr 17, 2020
At least 300,000 Africans expected to die in pandemic: U.N. agency
By Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic will likely kill at least 300,000 Africans and risks pushing 29 million into extreme poverty, the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (UNEC...
Apr 17, 2020
