Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Argentina extends mandatory quarantine until mid April
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez said on Sunday that the country would extend a mandatory nationwide quarantine period until the middle of April in a bid to slow the sp...
Mar 29, 2020
Mexico's confirms 145 new coronavirus cases, four new deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Sunday confirmed 145 new coronavirus cases and four new deaths in the last 24 hours, for a total of 993 cases and 20 deaths. (Reporting by Anthony E...
Mar 29, 2020
Venezuela's Guaido calls for emergency government to manage impact of coronavirus
By Brian Ellsworth and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela should form an emergency government made up of the opposition and some members of the ruling Socialist Party to receive foreign aid ...
Mar 29, 2020
Japanese comedian Ken Shimura dies from coronavirus: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who had been hospitalized after being infected with the new coronavirus, has died, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday. He was 70. Shimura, one o...
Mar 29, 2020
Former NBA star trying to broker deal to ship masks to New York
(Reuters) - Beijing-based retired basketball star Stephon Marbury is arranging an urgent shipment of surgical masks from China to New York to fight the coronavirus, he said on social media on Sunday. ...
Mar 29, 2020
China reports 31 new coronavirus cases in mainland
BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 31 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, including one locally transmitted infection, the country's National Health Commission said, dropping from 45 cases a day...
Mar 29, 2020
Taiwan reports third coronavirus death, total cases near 300
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A third person infected with the coronavirus has died in Taiwan, the government said late on Sunday, as the number of cases on the island approached 300. According to previously ann...
Mar 29, 2020
Dollar slows slide as investors seek shelter amid pandemic crisis
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar slowed its descent after a week of declines and the safe-haven yen edged ahead on Monday, as coronavirus lockdowns tightened across the world and inve...
Mar 29, 2020
BOJ says ready to relax capital, liquidity requirements for banks
TOKYO (Reuters) - In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the Bank of Japan on Monday reiterated its stance that it was ready to relax some requirements financial institutions must meet to participat...
Mar 29, 2020
Bolsonaro visits market to press need to keep Brazil going during pandemic
By Anthony Boadle and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Jair Bolsonaro visited a market area just outside the Brazilian capital on Sunday to press home his case for keeping Latin Amer...
Mar 29, 2020
