Category Archives: Syndicated
On this day: Born April 13, 1963; Russian chess champion Garry Kasparov
By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) - Garry Kasparov hated losing but in defeat, to an "alien opponent" incapable of fear or the faintest flicker of emotion, the youngest of chess champions and greatest of gran...
Apr 12, 2020
Malaysia’s AirAsia founders not taking salary; staff accepts up to 75% pay cut
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The founders of Malaysia's AirAsia Group Bhd will not take salaries and its staff has agreed to an as much as 75% cut in pay due to the impact of the novel coronavirus outbrea...
Apr 12, 2020
Coronavirus will dominate agenda of Germany’s EU presidency: minister
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The coronavirus outbreak will dominate the agenda of the European Union when Germany takes over the rotating council presidency in the second half of this year, German Foreign Mi...
Apr 12, 2020
Indonesia orders coronavirus transport curbs ahead of Ramadan exodus
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has imposed curbs on public transport ahead of the annual exodus to home villages that marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in a bid to slow the spread o...
Apr 12, 2020
Australians, New Zealanders observe Easter online and in backyards
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - With the coronavirus capsizing Easter traditions, Australians and New Zealanders spent Sunday attending church services virtually, setting up camps in backyards an...
Apr 11, 2020
Thailand reports 33 new coronavirus cases, three new deaths
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported 33 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, for a total of 2,551 cases, as well as three more deaths, taking the southeast Asian nation's toll to 38. Two Thai men ag...
Apr 11, 2020
China’s U.S. envoy says trade deal being implemented, hopes for coordinated response
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is still implementing the first phase of a Sino-U.S. trade pact, its ambassador to the United States said, but hoped the two could work together to assess the changing situa...
Apr 11, 2020
Germany’s coronavirus cases rise by 2,821, deaths by 129: RKI
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's number of confirmed coronavirus infections rose by 2,821 on Sunday to 120,479, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed. That was lower than a...
Apr 11, 2020
Wet markets in China’s Wuhan struggle to survive coronavirus blow
By Thomas Suen and Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) - Fish and vegetable merchants are reopening stalls at wet markets in China's central city of Wuhan as it lifts a months-long lockdown against the ...
Apr 11, 2020
World Bank forecasts worst economic slump in South Asia in 40 years
By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and other South Asian countries are likely to record their worst growth performance in four decades this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, the World Bank...
Apr 11, 2020
