Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Kenya floods uproot families, disrupt fishing, farming communities
LAKE VICTORIA, Kenya (Reuters) - Grandmother Millicent Agata's small farm has disappeared entirely under the floodwaters of a swollen Lake Victoria, forcing her family to join tens of thousands of oth...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
Britain sets out post-Brexit border plans with Northern Ireland
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday it saw no need for new customs infrastructure with Northern Ireland as it unveiled its proposals for how the border with the province would work next year ...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
U.S. Senator Rubio: Consensus seen to give companies more time for PPP loans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There appears to be agreement in Washington to give companies more time to utilize their coronavirus aid under the Paycheck Protection Program, the head of the U.S. Senate's sma...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
Rural Ecuador faces coronavirus outbreak without doctors
By Santiago Arcos and Vicente Gaibor Del Pino CHANDUY, Ecuador (Reuters) - When a group of villagers in the Ecuadorean fishing community of El Real came down with coughs and fevers in early April, nob...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
China's Wuhan says conducted 856,128 COVID-19 tests on Tuesday
BEIJING (Reuters) - The city of Wuhan, the original epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak, conducted 856,128 tests for the disease on Tuesday, the local health authority said on Wednesday, compare...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
Britain borrows at negative interest rate for first time
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain sold a government bond with a negative yield for the first time on Wednesday, meaning the state is effectively being rewarded to borrow as investors agree ...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
Japan to lift emergency in western prefectures: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to lift the state of emergency in the western prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo from the list of eight remaining ones but keeping curbs in Tokyo area and the northern...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
JetBlue, United Airlines take more steps to counter coronavirus spread
By Tracy Rucinski (Reuters) - JetBlue Airways Corp and United Airlines Holdings Inc announced fresh safety measures on Wednesday aimed at restoring confidence in travel that has been crushed by the co...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
U.S. borrowers in hardship jumped in April: study
By Imani Moise (Reuters) - The number of U.S. borrowers seeking help on mortgages, credit cards and auto loans jumped between March and April in the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, a T...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020
U.S. bank regulator finalizes new community lending rule
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. banking regulator announced on Wednesday it had finalized work on a long-running effort to change community lending standards for banks. The new rule fr...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2020