Category Archives: Syndicated
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
Korean Air to get up to $971 million support from state-owned banks
SEOUL (Reuters) - Two state-owned banks in South Korea said on Friday they would provide up to 1.2 trillion won ($971 million) in liquidity to support Korean Air Lines Co Ltd as the aviation industry ...
Apr 24, 2020
Russia’s coronavirus case tally nears 70,000
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Friday reported 5,849 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing its nationwide tally to 68,622. Sixty people with the virus died overnight, pushing the death t...
Apr 24, 2020
Mystery of India’s lower death rates seems to defy coronavirus trend
By Alexandra Ulmer and Sumit Khanna MUMBAI/AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Parts of India have recorded dramatic falls in mortality rates after a nationwide lockdown was imposed to fight the new coronavi...
Apr 24, 2020
Cyprus extends coronavirus flight ban to May 17
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus extended a ban on commercial air traffic until May 17 on Friday to curb the spread of coronavirus. The ban, first introduced on March 21 and extended by decrees since then, ...
Apr 24, 2020
