Category Archives: Syndicated
Germany to consider easing coronavirus retail restrictions from April 20: sources
By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will consider easing restrictions on shops introduced last month to slow the spread of the coronavirus from April 20 but extend limits on movement until May...
Apr 15, 2020
Bosses at commercial vehicle group CNH take pay cuts in show of solidarity
MILAN (Reuters) - Top executives and board members at commercial vehicle maker CNH Industrial will take voluntary pay cuts in an act of solidarity with the group's workforce during the coronavirus cri...
Apr 15, 2020
Spain’s daily death toll from coronavirus slips to 523, total at 18,579
MADRID (Reuters) - The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Spain in 24 hours fell again on Wednesday to 523 from 567 reported the previous day, the country's health ministry said. The daily death...
Apr 15, 2020
Euro banks getting 20 bln euro capital relief from macro regulators: ECB
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro area banks are getting capital relief worth 20 billion euros ($21.9 billion) from the easing of macroprudential requirements by national supervisors around the bloc, the Eur...
Apr 15, 2020
Japan urges citizens to isolate as reports warn of 400,000 deaths
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan urged its citizens on Wednesday to stay home, as media reports warned that as many as 400,000 of them could die of the coronavirus without urgent action, and Prime Minister Shi...
Apr 15, 2020
UK benefits claims still running above normal, says senior government official
LONDON (Reuters) - The rate of new claims for benefits in Britain has slowed but is still running above the normal level, Department for Work and Pensions Director General Neil Couling said on Wednesd...
Apr 15, 2020
British lawmaker says China is trying to exploit the COVID-19 crisis
LONDON (Reuters) - China is trying to exploit the global crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus outbreak by wresting control of companies such as Imagination Technologies and changing the way the i...
Apr 15, 2020
Indonesia records 297 new coronavirus infections, 10 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia confirmed 297 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 5,136, said a health ministry official Achmad Yurianto. Yurianto...
Apr 15, 2020
Inside ICU, Turkish doctors rush back to work after coronavirus recovery
By Umit Bektas ISTANBUL (Reuters) - In the intensive care unit of a hospital in Istanbul, the heart of Turkey's coronavirus outbreak, doctors and nurses have rushed back to duty to fight against the p...
Apr 15, 2020
UK lenders provide 1.1 billion pounds in emergency COVID loans
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's banks have provided 1.115 billion pounds ($1.39 billion) in emergency loans to small and medium-sized companies under a government-backed scheme to help businesses survive...
Apr 15, 2020
