Category Archives: Syndicated
Vietnam reports two new coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 270
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam reported on Friday two new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 270, its health ministry said, after the nation's lockdown order was lifted a day earlier. Both of the new case...
Apr 24, 2020
NATO calls on Taliban to reduce violence, seek peace: statement
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The U.S.-led NATO alliance called on Friday for Afghanistan's Taliban militants to cut violence levels and join peace talks, saying prisoner releases should also be speeded up. Th...
Apr 24, 2020
Trump’s coronavirus disinfectant comments ‘dangerous’, doctors say
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Doctors and health experts urged people not to drink or inject disinfectant on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested scientists should investigate inser...
Apr 24, 2020
Strains grow on Turkish markets, factories latest to cool
By Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's economy faces growing risks as it enters a downturn with dwindling reserves and a fragile lira, financial markets signalled on Friday, as data showed f...
Apr 24, 2020
HSBC to press ahead with overhaul ‘wherever possible’, despite coronavirus
LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC will press on with plans to reallocate capital from underperforming businesses, cut costs and strip out layers of management, its Chief Executive Noel Quinn said, despite probl...
Apr 24, 2020
French court rules against CGT union in row with retailer Carrefour
PARIS (Reuters) - A French court on Friday rejected a request from the CGT union that a Carrefour hypermarket near Lille be forced to close aisles selling non-esssential products and it ordered the un...
Apr 24, 2020
World leaders due to launch COVID-19 drugs, vaccine plan: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will help launch a global initiative on Friday to accelerate work on drugs, tests and vaccines against COVID-19 ...
Apr 24, 2020
Explainer: How China’s retail investor army got burned by the shock oil collapse
By Emily Chow and Cheng Leng SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's retail investors take punts on everything from mainstream stocks to niche commodities and derivatives, and many were badly burned this...
Apr 24, 2020
Austria will reopen schools with split classes next month
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria, which is loosening its coronavirus lockdown, said on Friday that most pupils will go back to school on May 18, with classes split in two groups that will each attend lesson...
Apr 24, 2020
Global oil supply to fall 6% by 2030 due to delayed projects: data
By Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) - Global oil supplies may be 6% less than expected by 2030 because of delays to investments by energy companies in response to falling crude prices due to the coron...
Apr 24, 2020
