Category Archives: Syndicated
Air France KLM says it needs government support to continue operations
PARIS (Reuters) - Air France KLM said that despite cost-cutting measures to stave off the impact of the coronavirus crisis, it expects it will be short of cash in the third quarter, but said it was co...
Apr 09, 2020
South Africa’s Ramaphosa extends lockdown by two weeks
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday extended a lockdown aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus by two weeks to the end of April. Africa's most indust...
Apr 09, 2020
UAE to extend closure of mosques and places of worship until further notice
CAIRO (Reuters) - United Arab Emirates decided on Thursday to extend the closure of mosques and places of worship until further notice, state news agency reported. The statement added this decision co...
Apr 09, 2020
Coronavirus must not stymie global tax reform: Germany’s Scholz
By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Thursday that efforts to introduce global rules on taxing digital giants such as Google , Amazon and Facebook should ...
Apr 09, 2020
U.S. local news outlets need government rescue: lawmakers, trade groups
By David Shepardson and Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four groups representing local newspapers and broadcast media outlets on Thursday asked U.S. lawmakers to provide assistance amid rising ...
Apr 09, 2020
On Holy Thursday, pope hails front-line ‘saints’ helping virus victims
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis presided at a scaled-down Holy Thursday Mass in an empty St. Peter's Basilica, praising ordinary doctors, nurses and priests who risk their liv...
Apr 09, 2020
Fed lifeline for cash-strapped U.S. states and cities lifts muni market
By Karen Pierog CHICAGO (Reuters) - A move by the Federal Reserve on Thursday to aid states, counties and cities facing a coronavirus-caused cash crunch helped boost the troubled U.S. municipal bond m...
Apr 09, 2020
Child labor still prevalent in West Africa cocoa sector despite industry efforts: report
By Ange Aboa and Aaron Ross ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The use of child labor on cocoa farms in top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana has risen over the past decade despite industry promises to reduce it, acco...
Apr 09, 2020
Factbox: Insurers return part of auto premiums as coronavirus cuts driving
(Reuters) - Major U.S. insurers are offering credit to auto and motorcycle policyholders following a decline in driving, as most Americans stay at home to help contain the spread of the novel coronavi...
Apr 09, 2020
French people in ICU for coronavirus falls for first time: ministry
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of people in intensive care units (ICU) for coronavirus infection in France fell slightly for the first time since the start of the epidemic, but the number of people dyin...
Apr 09, 2020
