Category Archives: Syndicated
‘Colour-blind’ France avoids gauging COVID impact on ethnic minorities
By Caroline Pailliez PARIS (Reuters) - Back at the start of France's COVID-19 crisis in February, epidemiologist Cyrille Delpierre encountered a problem when trying to find out what groups of people w...
Jul 16, 2020
Johnson & Johnson profit tumbles 35% as COVID-19 slams medical device sales
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson reported a 35.3% fall in second-quarter profit on Thursday as demand for its medical devices was hammered by hospitals putting off non-urgent procedures such as knee and ...
Jul 16, 2020
Bank of America profit more than halves on pandemic woes
(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp reported a drop of more than 50% in second-quarter profit on Thursday as it set aside $4 billion for potential loan losses tied to the coronavirus pandemic. Net income...
Jul 16, 2020
Greta Thunberg demands ‘crisis’ response to climate change
By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg urged European leaders on Thursday to take emergency action on climate change, saying people in power had practically "given up" on ...
Jul 16, 2020
Exclusive: Nissan plans 30% cut in output to December as virus hits demand – sources
By Naomi Tajitsu and Maki Shiraki TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co is planning a 30% year-on-year cut in global vehicle production through December as falling demand due to the coronavirus complicate...
Jul 16, 2020
Italy bans entry from Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro due to COVID-19, statement says
ROME (Reuters) - Italy on Thursday banned people coming from Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro from entering its territory to prevent the importation of COVID-19 cases from the outside. "Anyone who has be...
Jul 16, 2020
EU pushes for deal on mass economic stimulus though gaps remain
By Gabriela Baczynska and Robin Emmott WARSAW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU countries nudged towards an agreement on a mass stimulus scheme to kickstart economies hammered by the coronavirus but disagreemen...
Jul 16, 2020
China says will stick with U.S. trade deal, but respond to ‘bullying’
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it will stick to the Phase 1 trade deal it reached with the United States earlier this year but warned that it will respond to "bullying" tactics from Washin...
Jul 16, 2020
China raises annual rare earth mining quota to record high in 2020
By Min Zhang and Tom Daly BEIJING (Reuters) - China raised its mining quota for rare earth minerals by 6.1% in 2020 to a record annual high, the natural resources ministry said, in the effort to ramp ...
Jul 16, 2020
Proportion of COVID-19 contacts reached by English tracing scheme steadies
LONDON (Reuters) - The proportion of the contacts of positive COVID-19 cases reached by England's test and trace system was broadly steady in its fifth week of operation, figures from the health minis...
Jul 16, 2020
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