Category Archives: Syndicated
Schumer says he sees U.S. Senate deal on coronavirus funding bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he thinks Republicans and Democrats have agreed on a fourth coronavirus spending bill, and that the Trump administrat...
Apr 21, 2020
Handball: German clubs decide to abandon season
BERLIN (Reuters) - German's top handball clubs have voted in favour of abandoning their season and not resuming play once the coronavirus restrictions are lifted, the league (HBL) said on Tuesday. The...
Apr 21, 2020
Spain says epidemic slowing, but San Fermin bull festival cancelled
By Emma Pinedo and Beln Carreo MADRID (Reuters) - Spain registered another 430 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday and cancelled its famous San Fermin bull-running festival, but officials maintained the pan...
Apr 21, 2020
Domestic air travel down 70%, recovery likely to be slow: IATA
PARIS (Reuters) - Domestic air traffic is down 70% globally and the recovery over the coming six months is likely to be slow due to the damage coronavirus has done to economic conditions, the industry...
Apr 21, 2020
Australia’s Kyrgios no fan of Slams without crowd
MUMBAI (Reuters) - As Grand Slam governing bodies ponder over the perfect blueprint of future events amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, Australian world number 40 Nick Kyrgios has said he does not w...
Apr 21, 2020
Coronavirus probably caused UK GDP to fall in first quarter: BoE’s Haldane
LONDON (Reuters) - The impact of the coronavirus at the end of March was probably large enough to cause Britain's economy to shrink in the first quarter of 2020 as a whole, Bank of England chief econo...
Apr 21, 2020
Malaysia says lower oil prices factored into 2020 deficit target
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Tuesday said lower oil prices have been factored into the government's 2020 fiscal deficit target of 4% of gross domestic product. "If the oil price declines signi...
Apr 21, 2020
China’s Hubei, epicentre of coronavirus outbreak, posts first-quarter GDP slump
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central Hubei province, epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak in the country, posted a 39.2% drop in economic output in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, ...
Apr 21, 2020
Experts advise Dutch government to reopen primary schools
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The experts advising the Netherlands on handling the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday advised the government to reopen day care facilities and primary schools, documents released ...
Apr 21, 2020
Dutch Supreme Court expands euthanasia laws for dementia patients
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Dutch Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that doctors could legally carry out euthanasia on people with advanced dementia who had earlier put their wishes in writing even if they...
Apr 21, 2020
