Category Archives: Syndicated
Mime artist breaks silence to give coronavirus health tips in Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) - Wearing white face paint, stripy top and bright red spectacle frames, Ahmed Naser stands in a street in Cairo distributing face masks and health advice to passing children. The 22-ye...
Apr 16, 2020
OECD’s Gurria says global economy probably in contraction
PARIS (Reuters) - The impact of the coronavirus outbreak is making economic forecasting highly uncertain, though the global economy is probably in contraction, OECD chief Angel Gurria said on Thursday...
Apr 16, 2020
As the U.S. shut down, Trump’s legal fight to build wall ramped up
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Even as the Trump administration was struggling to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, it was ramping up efforts to seize land along U.S. southern border to build a wall...
Apr 16, 2020
U.N. Yemen envoy expects warring parties to agree truce in ‘immediate future’
NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Nations Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths said on Thursday he expects the warring parties to formally adopt "in the immediate future" agreements on a nationwide ceasefire, key e...
Apr 16, 2020
IMF steering committee says will review adequacy of IMF resources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The steering committee of the International Monetary Fund on Thursday said it would continue to review the adequacy of the global lender's resources as it works to help its 189 ...
Apr 16, 2020
Ontario halts transfers from hospital to long-term care as virus flares: memo
TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario's health ministry has asked hospitals to temporarily stop transferring patients to long-term care and retirement homes, according to a memo obtained by Reuters, as coronavi...
Apr 16, 2020
From home to hospital: Giving birth during the U.S. coronavirus outbreak
By Callaghan O'Hare FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - As a first-time mother with no idea what to expect, Nancy Pedroza was convinced the hospital was the safest place to have her baby. That conviction tu...
Apr 16, 2020
Fed can help save lives by targeting GDP growth: Dallas Fed adviser
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve could save lives in the current coronavirus outbreak it if pledges to use its tools to make up for economic growth lost as the nation limits activity to c...
Apr 16, 2020
World Bank’s Malpass says IBRD got capital infusion from U.S., bond issue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President David Malpass on Thursday said the bank's main lending arm for middle-income countries has received nearly $9.8 billion in capital from the United States an...
Apr 16, 2020
Individual ashtrays, hourly disinfection: French carmakers eye production restart
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) - Peugeot-owner PSA and Renault are planning new safety measures in a push by France's major industrial groups for a breakthrough with workers to reopen some factor...
Apr 16, 2020
