Category Archives: Syndicated
On an empty Via Dolorosa before Easter, praying for the world’s sick
By Stephen Farrell and Rinat Harash JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Brown-robed Franciscans stride through a shuttered and deserted Jerusalem to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the global focus of the most im...
Apr 06, 2020
Safaricom, Vodacom finalise M-Pesa acquisition from Britain’s Vodafone
By Omar Mohammed NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's leading telecom firm Safaricom and South Africa's Vodacom said on Monday that they had completed the acquisition of popular mobile money platform M-Pesa fr...
Apr 06, 2020
Canada, U.S. farms face crop losses due to foreign worker delays
By Rod Nickel and Christopher Walljasper WINNIPEG, Manitoba/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Mandatory coronavirus quarantines of seasonal foreign workers in Canada could hurt that country's fruit and vegetable ou...
Apr 06, 2020
Germany draws up plans to end lockdown after April 19
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has drawn up a list of measures, including an obligation to wear masks in public, limits on public gatherings and the rapid tracing of infection chains, that officials think...
Apr 06, 2020
EU targets more U.S. imports after U.S. metal tariff extension
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has drawn up a list of U.S. imports including lighters and plastic fittings for furniture that it will hit with tariffs in retaliation for an extension of U.S. ...
Apr 06, 2020
Vietnamese hat seller turns to homemade face shields in virus fight
By Yen Duong HANOI (Reuters) - For nearly three decades, Quach My Linh has sold hats at Ba Chieu market in Vietnam's bustling Ho Chi Minh City. But following a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread o...
Apr 06, 2020
Kia compact vehicles contractor suspends production
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean contract manufacturer for Kia Motors' compact vehicles has suspended production, a company official said on Monday, citing a drop in overseas demand as the coronavirus...
Apr 06, 2020
PM Modi, lawmakers agree 30 percent salary cut as India deals with coronavirus
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top government figures will take a 30 percent salary cut this year, a government minister said on Monday, as the country tackles the...
Apr 06, 2020
JPMorgan announces coronavirus relief package for customers
(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said on Monday the bank would extend benefits to customers who have been hurt by the ongoing coronavirus crisis by introducing m...
Apr 06, 2020
Head of junior Poland coalition party quits over election plan
WARSAW (Reuters) - Accord, a junior party in Poland's ruling coalition, will stay in government, its head Jaroslaw Gowin said on Monday, but he said he was quitting as he opposes the country holding a...
Apr 06, 2020
