Category Archives: Syndicated
World Bank provides $36.2 million aid to help Bosnia fight coronavirus
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The World Bank approved $36.2 million in financing for Bosnia on Friday to help the Balkan country prevent, detect and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The financing covers a ran...
Apr 24, 2020
Japan March factory output, retail sales seen falling at sharper rate as virus hits: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Both Japan's factory output and retail sales likely fell at a sharper pace in March as the coronavirus pandemic weighed more heavily across the broader economy, a Reuters poll showed...
Apr 24, 2020
Philippines’ coronavirus infections top 7,000
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' Health Ministry on Friday reported that confirmed cases of the new coronavirus have risen to more than 7,000. In a bulletin, the ministry recorded 211 new infection...
Apr 24, 2020
German business morale plummets to record low on virus impact
BERLIN (Reuters) - German business morale crashed in April in its most dramatic fall on record and hit its lowest reading ever as the coronavirus crisis strikes Europe's largest economy "with full fur...
Apr 24, 2020
Emirati police deploy smart tech in coronavirus fight
DUBAI (Reuters) - Police in the United Arab Emirates are deploying smart helmets that can scan the temperatures of hundreds of people every minute in their effort to combat the new coronavirus. The he...
Apr 24, 2020
Cash-piling gathers pace, junk-bond inflows continue: BofA
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors stormed out of equities and piled $126.4 billion into cash, according to BofA's weekly flow data, as worsening economic forecasts due to the coronavirus accelerated a rush...
Apr 24, 2020
Javelin champion Barber keeping husband-coach busy in lockdown
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Home isolation during the coronavirus pandemic has left javelin world champion Kelsey-Lee Barber with fewer chances to practise and none to compete, but the Australian is taking i...
Apr 24, 2020
Coronavirus crisis heaps hardship on Brazilian migrants in Portugal
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Brazilians who make up Portugal's biggest migrant community mainly came to Europe in search of a better life, but the coronavirus crisis has wiped out incomes and...
Apr 24, 2020
Solar-powered food carts converted to virus disinfection vehicles in Kabul
By Hameed Farzad KABUL (Reuters) - Just a few weeks ago, Marzia Sikandar served burgers and rice from her solar-powered mobile cart in Kabul, but now, wearing a protective suit, she distributes masks ...
Apr 24, 2020
COVID-19 takes unequal toll on immigrants in Nordic region
By Lena Masri (Reuters) - The first person in Sadad Dakhare's two-bedroom apartment in Oslo, Norway, to show symptoms was his 4-year-old niece. Next, his mother, his sister and he himself fell ill. Th...
Apr 24, 2020
