Category Archives: Syndicated
Zoom admits it does not have 300 mln daily users: the Verge
(Reuters) - Zoom video conferencing app does not have 300 million daily active users, the company admitted on Thursday to the Verge, saying it "unintentionally" referred to daily meeting participants ...
Apr 30, 2020
As pandemic empties traditional Uzbek bazaars, supermarkets step in
By Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov TASHKENT (Reuters) - As the coronavirus pandemic empties the bustling bazaars that have long dominated Uzbekistan's food trade, supermarkets are driving into the vacuum, ...
Apr 30, 2020
Rugby: French Top 14 season to be abandoned – league
PARIS (Reuters) - The French Top 14 rugby union season is to be abandoned amid the COVID-19 crisis after the league's organisers (LNR) and the club presidents reached an agreement to call off the camp...
Apr 30, 2020
Rallying: Portugal’s postponed WRC round now cancelled
(Reuters) - The postponed Portuguese round of the world rally championship has now been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Thursday. Portugal would have been the fifth rally of...
Apr 30, 2020
China’s central bank approves business operations of newly revamped Baoshang Bank
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank said on Thursday it had approved business operations of Mengshang Bank to take over the assets and operations of Baoshang Bank. China's financial regulators to...
Apr 30, 2020
Nigerian funds switch to stocks, hoping for rebound as foreigners exit
By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian funds are switching back to equities from fixed-income securities, hoping for a stock market rebound later this year after a coronavirus-induced rout in ...
Apr 30, 2020
Swiss researchers see sewage as early warning sign for COVID flares
ZURICH (Reuters) - Researchers in Switzerland have been able to detect the new corovarirus at even low concentrations in wastewater, offering a potential early warning system for flareups in infection...
Apr 30, 2020
U.S. FAA probing runway incident involving actor Harrison Ford – media
(Reuters) - The United States' Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating an incident in which actor Harrison Ford was piloting a small plane that wrongly crossed a runway where another ai...
Apr 30, 2020
Irish monthly retail sales fall 12.7% on motor trade collapse
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish retail sales fell 12.7% month-on-month in March to stand 11.1% lower year-on-year, according to data on Thursday that captured the gradual shut down of most traders last month...
Apr 30, 2020
In lockdown, ‘desperate’ Swiss turn to snooping and snitching
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - A mother checking on her ex-husband's sexual habits to protect their asthmatic child; a retiree frustrated with a neighbour who talks loudly on late-night conference c...
Apr 30, 2020
