Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'Another pandemic': In Latin America, domestic abuse rises amid lockdown
By Lucila Sigal, Natalia A. Ramos Miranda, Ana Isabel Martinez and Monica Machicao BUENOS AIRES/SANTIAGO/MEXICO CITY/LA PAZ (Reuters) - Lockdowns around Latin America are helping slow the spread of CO...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
To push telework, Japan taking another look at ancient 'seal' custom
TOKYO (Reuters) - With efforts to promote telecommuting lagging despite the coronavirus crisis, Japan is taking another look at an ancient custom that stubbornly remains an analogue anomaly in an othe...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
Cycling: Riders committed to Bigla-Katusha despite funding withdrawal
(Reuters) - Bigla-Katusha's riders remain "fully committed" to the Swiss women's cycling team after their title partners withdrew funding due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, they sai...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
Motor racing: F1 expects to start delayed season in Austria in July
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One hopes to start its delayed 2020 season in Austria in July without spectators before ending in Abu Dhabi in December after races in Asia and the Americas,...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
Austria's Kurz pledges less tax for workers, more for multinationals
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria, which has started easing its coronavirus lockdown, will ensure workers pay less tax and press multinationals to pay more as it seeks to speed up the revi...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
Imperial's premium cigar era draws to a close in $1.33 billion sale
By Siddharth Cavale and Samantha Machado (Reuters) - Imperial Brands is withdrawing from the premium cigar business to focus on vaping, with a 1.23 billion euro ($1.33 billion) sale of hand-rolled mak...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
Trump administration eyes U.S. factory protocols amid coronavirus: Navarro
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is focusing on protocols to keep U.S. factories open as the country continues to grapple with the coronavirus outbreak, including screening workers for ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
Alibaba demotes top executive after probe into behaviour: source
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has demoted Jiang Fan, one of its most senior executives, after an internal investigation into allegations of improper behaviour...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
Pressure grows on Swiss attorney general over soccer fraud trial
By Michael Shields ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber faced calls on Monday to resign over accusations that he botched a high-profile soccer corruption trial. The five-year statu...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
Belgian COVID-19 hospital entries at lowest since lockdown start
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian hospitals admitted the lowest number of COVID-19 patients since the start of the lockdown almost seven weeks ago, figures showed on Monday, a week before...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020