Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Kenya COVID-19 hospital gears up for surge in new infections
By Baz Ratner MACHAKOS, Kenya (Reuters) - At the Machakos COVID-19 field hospital about an hour's drive from the Kenyan capital, workers struggle to put a giant metal tent frame in place to serve as a...
Jul 24, 2020
Scavengers in India risk health to sift coronavirus debris
By Adnan Abidi and Sunil Kataria NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Mansoor Khan and his wife Latifa Bibi have been collecting scraps of plastic and other items at an enormous landfill site on the outskirts of New...
Jul 24, 2020
Factbox: Johnny Depp and Amber Heard: from romance to rancor
(Reuters) - Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were married for just 15 months but their stormy relationship has been laid bare at a London trial where Depp is seeking to prove he was defamed in a 2018 Briti...
Jul 24, 2020
French business booms more than expected in July on services rebound: PMI
PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity rebounded far more than expected in July as a post-lockdown recovery in the service sector shifted up a gear, a survey showed on Friday. Data compiler IHS Ma...
Jul 24, 2020
Nordics to flirt with record recessions in 2020, bounce back in 2021: Reuters poll
By Colm Fulton STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Denmark, Norway and Sweden face among their worst economic downturns on record this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but will largely recover the lost ground in ...
Jul 24, 2020
South Korea says daily coronavirus cases may top 100, driven by imported infections
By Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean health authorities said novel coronavirus infections among people arriving from abroad could drive the number of new cases on Friday to more...
Jul 24, 2020
Benetton family investment firm to cut stake in Cellnex to 13%
MADRID (Reuters) - Edizione, the Benetton family's investment firm, will cut its stake in Europe's largest mobile phone towers operator Cellnex to 13% as part of a 4 billion euro ($4.6 billion) capita...
Jul 24, 2020
India, China set for more talks to de-escalate Himalayan standoff
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian and Chinese diplomats were set for more talks on Friday to narrow differences on ways to pull back troops eye-balling each other across a disputed borde...
Jul 24, 2020
Britain's COVID lending schemes risk widening regional divides
By Sinead Cruise and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) - In the northern English seaside resort of Blackpool, the family-run Elgin Hotel is preparing to reopen in August after four months' enforced closur...
Jul 24, 2020
China's economy seen growing 2.2% in 2020, weak demand, U.S. tensions cloud outlook: Reuters poll
By Lusha Zhang and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy is expected to recover steadily in the rest of the year, boosted by stimulus measures to reverse the damage from the coronavirus crisis...
Jul 24, 2020
