Category Archives: Syndicated
Fearing virus, some Chinese in Russia self-isolate, many go home
By Yew Lun Tian SUIFENHE, China (Reuters) - As the coronavirus spread in Russia, a group of 500 Chinese residents of Khabarovsk city in the Far East decided to lock themselves inside an apartment bloc...
Apr 17, 2020
Coronavirus forces detour for homecoming astronauts
ALMATY (Reuters) - NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir will take an unusual - and more exhausting - route home after safely landing in the Kazakh steppe on Friday, a Russian healthcare offi...
Apr 17, 2020
Britain offers freeze on auto finance repayments in pandemic
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial watchdog has proposed a repayment freeze for consumers with auto finance leases, goods bought on high-cost credit, and pawned belongings during the coronavirus p...
Apr 17, 2020
French telecoms group Orange to cut dividend by 30%
PARIS (Reuters) - Orange , France's biggest telecoms operator, said on Friday it would cut its dividend for the 2019 financial year by 30% and that it would review dividend policy for the 2020-2023 pe...
Apr 17, 2020
Virus tracing app ready for Germany rollout in 3-4 weeks: minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - A coronavirus contact tracing app will be ready for Germans to download and use on their smartphones in three to four weeks, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday. German federa...
Apr 17, 2020
British veteran raises $22 million by walking for the health service
LONDON (Reuters) - Captain Tom Moore, 99, a British war veteran, has raised more than $22 million for the health service by walking laps of his garden, prompting calls for him to be recognized by Quee...
Apr 17, 2020
Amazon France CEO hopes can reopen warehouses ‘very quickly’
PARIS (Reuters) - Amazon does not know when its warehouses in France might reopen but hopes it can be soon, the head of its French business said on Friday. Frederic Duval also told BFM TV that an appe...
Apr 17, 2020
Hungary will not save all businesses indiscriminately: PM Orban
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary will help businesses to survive the economic fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic but changes in the way businesses are run will force a rethink of what works and w...
Apr 17, 2020
European new car sales plunge by 51.8% in March due to coronavirus: ACEA
BERLIN (Reuters) - Passenger car sales tumbled by more than 50% in Europe's major markets in March as lockdowns imposed due to the new coronavirus took their toll, data showed on Friday. In March, new...
Apr 17, 2020
Tata Consultancy shares rise on deal wins, hiring promise
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) - Shares of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd rose as much as 7.9% on Friday as investors shrugged off the software service firm's warning on coronavirus risk...
Apr 17, 2020
