Category Archives: Syndicated
Coronavirus sends U.S. consumer spending into record fall in March
(Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending plunged by the most on record in March on the back of stay-at-home orders across much of the country to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Commerce De...
Apr 30, 2020
Pelosi says additional state aid would be for up to four years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that a prospective $500 billion in congressional coronavirus assistance for U.S. states would be intended to ...
Apr 30, 2020
Slovakia may let shops reopen sooner as coronavirus numbers slow: PM
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia will consider letting shops reopen sooner as its daily tally of coronavirus infections has dropped to single digits and the numbers of recovered patients is outpacing n...
Apr 30, 2020
Seven killed in Sierra Leone prison riot on Wednesday: police
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Five inmates and two prison officers were killed in a riot at a prison in Sierra Leone's capital on Wednesday, a police spokesman said. Police officer Abu Bakarr Kallon confirmed ...
Apr 30, 2020
Captain Tom made honorary member of England team on 100th birthday
(Reuters) - British World War Two veteran Captain Tom Moore, who has raised millions for the country's National Health Service (NHS), was made an honorary member of the England cricket team as he cele...
Apr 30, 2020
WHO says very concerned at community spread of coronavirus in West Africa
PARIS (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is worried by the community spread of the new coronavirus in a significant number of West African countries, the regional head of the organization said ...
Apr 30, 2020
Cut us some slack, German travel start-ups tell Google
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - A group of leading German travel start-ups appealed to U.S. tech giant Google on Thursday to offer them easier terms on paying for advertising to help them ride o...
Apr 30, 2020
South African anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg, who spent 22 years in prison, dies aged 87
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg, who stood trial alongside Nelson Mandela in the 1963-64 Rivonia Trial and was imprisoned for 22 years by the regime, has ...
Apr 30, 2020
ECB makes credit cheaper for banks, keeps powder dry in virus battle
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank said on Thursday it would pay even more for banks to borrow from it but kept much of its remaining policy powder dry as it prepared for a long fight aga...
Apr 30, 2020
Criminals using food delivery services to transport drugs during lockdown -Interpol
PARIS (Reuters) - Criminals are using food delivery services as a cover to transport drugs and other illegal goods during the coronavirus crisis, which has seen countries around the world go into lock...
Apr 30, 2020
