Category Archives: Syndicated
Cuban sugar harvest goes into overtime amid pandemic
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Some 40 Cuban sugar mills remain open out of season despite a partial lockdown of the country, in a last-ditch effort to add foreign exchange to the government's all-b...
May 05, 2020
Global airlines body IATA opposes leaving middle seats empty
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - The body representing global airlines came out against leaving middle seats empty on aircraft on Tuesday, as debate intensifies over how to get airlines flying while respectin...
May 05, 2020
Virgin Atlantic to cut 3,000 jobs, stop using Gatwick: Sky News
LONDON (Reuters) - Virgin Atlantic is to cut just over 3,000 jobs, or up to a third of its workforce, and stop using Gatwick Airport as part of its battle to survive, Sky News reported on Tuesday. (Re...
May 05, 2020
AerCap warns could scrap some Boeing MAX orders, withdraws outlook
(Reuters) - Aircraft leasing company AerCap Holdings on Tuesday warned it could cancel some Boeing 737 MAX orders and withdrew its full-year outlook amid a slump in travel demand due to the COVID-19 p...
May 05, 2020
Philippine telecoms body orders TV broadcaster that irked Duterte to shut
By Neil Jerome Morales and Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' telecoms body ordered the country's leading broadcaster ABS-CBN Corp to cease operations on Tuesday, as a parliament dominated...
May 05, 2020
Liberia ministry says two killed in mine collapse, local mayor fears scores more dead
MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia's assistant mines minister said two miners had died in a mine collapse in western Liberia early on Tuesday, although a local mayor estimated scores more were likely killed...
May 05, 2020
U.S. trade deficit increases in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. goods trade deficit widened in March as declining exports offset a shrinking import bill, suggesting the novel coronavirus outbreak was upending the global flow of good...
May 05, 2020
Exclusive: Greece to issue two new bonds by year-end, may postpone early IMF payment
By Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece plans at least two more bond issues by the end of the year and could postpone an early repayment to the International Monetary Fund to boost cash reserv...
May 05, 2020
Cycling: No guarantee Tour will go ahead, says France sports minister
(Reuters) - There is no guarantee that the Tour de France will go ahead this year due to the COVID-19 crisis, French sports minister Roxana Maracineanu said on Tuesday. The Tour, cycling's biggest eve...
May 05, 2020
Dutch police disperse coronavirus protest in The Hague
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The mayor of The Hague on Tuesday issued a statement ordering police to break up a demonstration by around 200 people who had gathered to protest against measures ordered by the ...
May 05, 2020
