Category Archives: Syndicated
Spain to pay basic income to help poorest weather coronavirus
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain is planning to pay a basic monthly income to about a million of the country's poorest households to help them weather the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, Social Security M...
Apr 17, 2020
Swimming: Coronavirus pandemic sees adventurer Bellamy switch challenges
By Mark Gleeson CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Adventurer Cameron Bellamy's bid to break the record for the longest swim has been put on hold by the novel coronavirus but being stuck at home during the pandemi...
Apr 17, 2020
UK was too slow to react to the coronavirus outbreak, professor says
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government was too slow to react on a number of fronts to the novel coronavirus outbreak that could cause the deaths of 40,000 people in the United Kingdom, a leading pu...
Apr 17, 2020
Unclear if measures to tackle coronavirus sufficient: ECB’s Weidmann to Bloomberg
BERLIN (Reuters) - It is not yet possible to say whether measures designed to support the euro zone economy through the coronavirus pandemic will be sufficient, German Bundesbank head Jens Weidmann to...
Apr 17, 2020
Volkswagen sales down 23% in Jan-March, March alone off 37.6%
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen Group on Friday said sales of its cars dropped by 23% on the year to 2 million cars in the January to March period. In March alone, deliveries were down 37.6% overall ...
Apr 17, 2020
Exclusive: AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines merger an option as COVID-19 hits industry – minister
By Krishna N. Das KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Merging money-losing state carrier Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) with budget airline AirAsia Group Bhd is one of the options to "save" them as the COVID-19 cri...
Apr 17, 2020
German MotoGP race seeks new date due to virus restrictions
(Reuters) - The start of the MotoGP season has been pushed back further into the European summer after German Grand Prix organisers sought a postponement due to extended restrictions on major events a...
Apr 17, 2020
‘May the quarantine work’: Bogota’s emergency services swamped by COVID-19
By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - In the 14 years he has worked on ambulances, Dr. Carlos Barragan got used to attending up to three calls during his 12-hour shift, often traffic accidents. Coro...
Apr 17, 2020
Indonesia reports highest number of coronavirus cases in Southeast Asia
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported on Friday 407 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of cases to 5,923 and surpassing the Philippines as the country with the highest number of infection...
Apr 17, 2020
Montreux Jazz Festival cancelled for first time in its history
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Montreux Jazz Festival will not be held in July due to the coronavirus pandemic, the first time the Swiss summer festival has not taken place since its launch in 1967, organiser...
Apr 17, 2020
