Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Finland's antibody tests indicate COVID infections much higher than official data during first wave
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland likely had up to five times more COVID-19 cases than its official numbers showed during the first wave of the pandemic between March and May, its public health authority T...
Oct 08, 2020
North Cyprus reopens beach of resort abandoned in 1974 conflict: media
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Northern Cyprus reopened the beach of a resort abandoned since the 1974 conflict on the island, Turkish state media said on Thursday, taking a step supported by Ankara but condemne...
Oct 08, 2020
Low rates and lending slump threaten HSBC's long-term dividend ambitions
By Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC shareholders face a future of paltry payouts when regulators restore its powers to pay dividends as the bank's bosses press on with a costly revamp against a b...
Oct 08, 2020
Croatia reports record high 542 daily COVID-19 cases
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's daily COVID-19 infections hit a record high 542 on Thursday, health authorities said. The previous record high of 369 was reported on Sept. 3. Since the outbreak of the pa...
Oct 08, 2020
Clashes erupt in protests against new Indonesian jobs law
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Willy Kurniawan JAKARTA (Reuters) - Police and demonstrators clashed in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Thursday on the third day of protests and labour strikes against...
Oct 08, 2020
Kremlin calls rise in Russian COVID-19 cases cause for serious concern
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that a rise in new coronavirus cases in Russia was a cause for serious concern and warned that numbers could rise even quicker unless people took heed o...
Oct 08, 2020
Austria's daily coronavirus cases surpass 1,200, a new record
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria has recorded 1,209 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, clearly surpassing the previous record set in March during the first wave of infections, data sent by the Inte...
Oct 08, 2020
South Asia faces worst ever recession, tipping millions into poverty: World Bank
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Millions of people in South Asia are being pushed into extreme poverty as the region where a quarter of humanity lives suffers its worst-ever recession due to the devastating imp...
Oct 08, 2020
Bank of England's Bailey urges banks to tap capital buffers
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Banks should not be uneasy about dipping into their capital buffers to keep lending to the coronavirus-hit economy, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Thurs...
Oct 08, 2020
Poland's virus cases rise over 40%, Warsaw to face new curbs
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's daily coronavirus cases surged over 40% on Thursday compared to the previous day, as infection rates hit a new record just as the capital Warsaw was set to be added to a li...
Oct 08, 2020
