Category Archives: Syndicated
UK finance minister says GDP may fall by up to 30% amid virus crisis: paper
(Reuters) - Britain's gross domestic product (GDP) could fall by up to 30% between April and June, Finance Minister Rishi Sunak told his colleagues as members of the cabinet call for easing lockdown r...
Apr 12, 2020
Oil, equities slip as OPEC+ cut fails to lift confidence
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices and U.S. stock futures dipped in early Monday trade as a landmark agreement by OPEC and its allies to slash output by a record amount failed to give inves...
Apr 12, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic to test China’s unemployment safety net
By Gabriel Crossley and Cheng Leng BEIJING (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is expected to cause millions more people in China to lose their jobs, leaving many of them stranded without a safety ne...
Apr 12, 2020
El Salvador president threatens drivers violating coronavirus rules
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - President Nayib Bukele said anyone driving cars in El Salvador without having justification for being out of their homes would be stripped of their driving ...
Apr 12, 2020
Golf: Four-time major runner-up Sanders dies aged 86
(Reuters) - American Doug Sanders, who was three feet away from beating Jack Nicklaus and winning the 1970 British Open at the home of golf, has died of natural causes aged 86, the PGA Tour said on Su...
Apr 12, 2020
Virgin Galactic to run as a critical infrastructure business during pandemic
(Reuters) - Billionaire Richard Branson's space tourism company Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc will keep running as a critical infrastructure business, even as many U.S. states in which it operates have...
Apr 12, 2020
OPEC+ deal could boost oil prices, but oversupply remains
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - An oil producer deal to make record output cuts will lend some support this week to oil prices that have lost half their value this year as the coronavirus hamm...
Apr 12, 2020
Former Israeli chief rabbi dies after contracting coronavirus
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A former Israeli chief rabbi has died after contracting the coronavirus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, in what is the country's highest-profile death from the...
Apr 12, 2020
Froome says recovery almost complete as he waits out lockdown
(Reuters) - Four-times Tour de France winner Chris Froome said his recovery from a horrific accident last year was nearly complete and his training load was back to normal as he prepares for when comp...
Apr 12, 2020
Britain at its best in a crisis, says Prince William
LONDON (Reuters) - Prince William has said Britain is at its best in a crisis, his office said on Sunday, the latest in a series of messages from the royal family seeking to galvanise the nation durin...
Apr 12, 2020
