Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Turkey resumes intercity train services as coronavirus curbs ease
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey begun operating intercity trains on Thursday after a two-month gap, as it gradually eases coronavirus curbs in a bid to restore normal life and reopen an economy facing the t...
May 28, 2020
Australia's Stawell Gift cancelled for first time since WW2
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Stawell Gift, Australia's oldest and richest handicap footrace, has been cancelled for the first time since 1945 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Thursday...
May 28, 2020
Roche mixes Actemra with Gilead's remdesivir in COVID-19 trial
ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche plans to test if mixing its anti-inflammation drug Actemra with Gilead Sciences Inc's anti-viral treatment remdesivir works better against severe COVID-19 pneumonia than remde...
May 28, 2020
Gum, mints and snack bar sales slump, as U.S. consumers order online amid COVID-19 crisis
By Martinne Geller LONDON (Reuters) - Impulse purchases - gum, mints and snack bars tossed into a shopping basket as one snakes through the supermarket checkout line - are falling as more people get g...
May 28, 2020
Thailand reports 11 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Thursday reported 11 new coronavirus cases and no new deaths, bringing its total to 3,065 confirmed cases and 57 fatalities since the outbreak started in January. The c...
May 27, 2020
Riot police deployed across Hong Kong as U.S.-China tensions rise
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Riot police were deployed across Hong Kong on Thursday as lawmakers debated a bill that would criminalise disrespect of China's national anthem, and as the United ...
May 27, 2020
U.S. stocks to end year around current levels as virus takes toll: Reuters poll
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks will end this year around current levels as the coronavirus pandemic cripples the economy and eats into earnings, according to strategists pol...
May 27, 2020
In Brazil's shadow, laid-back Uruguay curbs COVID-19
By Fabian Werner and Marina Lammertyn MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Leonardo Silveira, a bookstore owner in Montevideo, is hopeful about the future as Uruguay begins a gradual reopening. The small country ha...
May 27, 2020
A long and winding road to recovery for European stocks: Reuters poll
By Julien Ponthus LONDON (Reuters) - The recovery from the coronavirus financial crash will take time for European stocks which are expected to end 2021 around 10% below this February's record high, a...
May 27, 2020
Democrats urge probe of allegations regarding TikTok and children's privacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fourteen Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday to urge it to consider probing the short video app TikTo...
May 27, 2020
