Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Moroccan smugglers embark on long new route to ship drugs to Europe
By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) - With the usual routes to Europe closed by the coronavirus pandemic, Moroccan drug traffickers are making a circuitous journey involving food trucks and fishing bo...
May 18, 2020
Trump administration ready for more coronavirus aid if needed: Hassett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is prepared to take further steps if needed to shore up the nation's economy during the novel coronavirus outbreak, but any final action will not look l...
May 18, 2020
U.S. car rental firm Hertz names new CEO
(Reuters) - Hertz Global Holdings Inc on Monday appointed Paul Stone as its chief executive officer days after the U.S. car rental company raised going-concern doubts following a bigger quarterly loss...
May 18, 2020
Russian army sets up mobile hospital to fight coronavirus at Siberian gold mine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry is setting up a mobile field hospital at the largest Siberian mine of the country's top gold producer, Polyus, to treat miners who contract the new coronav...
May 18, 2020
China central bank says to implement monetary policy more creatively
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China will have to cautiously control the pace of its financial adjustments and implement monetary policy more creatively, its central bank said on Monday, after the coronavirus ...
May 18, 2020
Zimbabweans go hungry as coronavirus compounds climate woes
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - Rosemary Pamire struggled to feed her family well before Zimbabwe entered lockdown in March to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Now she can hardly put together...
May 18, 2020
Bank of England, facing COVID slump, revives negative rates talk
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - A chorus of comments from top officials at the Bank of England about negative interest rates has revived talk that the British central bank might resort to cutt...
May 18, 2020
We want to work with teachers to restart schools: UK PM's spokesman
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government wants to work with teachers and trade unions to help some students return to schools from June 1, the British leader's spokesman said on Mo...
May 18, 2020
Croatia dissolves parliament ahead of election by July 12
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatian lawmakers dissolved parliament on Monday, following last week's government proposal, ahead of parliamentary elections due to be held by July 12. President Zoran Milanovic i...
May 18, 2020
Outbreak at Chinese-owned factory shows challenges of easing India's lockdown
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Chinese smartphone maker OPPO suspended operations at a recently re-opened plant in India after workers tested positive for the coronavir...
May 18, 2020
