Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia ditches 2020 borrowing limits as coronavirus outbreak weighs
By Andrey Ostroukh and Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian lawmakers on Tuesday cleared the government to raise state borrowing this year beyond budgeted limits, as the country scales up its ...
Mar 31, 2020
Quarantine a headache for Polish healthcare commuters in east Germany
By Thomas Escritt PASEWALK, Germany (Reuters) - If Tomasz Jamro, an emergency ward nurse in eastern Germany, returns home to see his wife and three children over the border in Poland, he will be stuck...
Mar 31, 2020
Congress should wait to see whether more coronavirus action needed: McConnell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said U.S. lawmakers should "wait and see" whether a fourth congressional effort was needed to respond to the nation's coro...
Mar 31, 2020
Belgian girl becomes Europe's youngest coronavirus victim: media
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A 12-year-old girl died in Belgium of the coronavirus, a spokesman for the health ministry said on Tuesday, and local media reported she was Europe's youngest vi...
Mar 31, 2020
Eight countries ask EU to halt trucking reforms amid pandemic
By Kate Abnett (Reuters) - Eight countries have asked the European Union (EU) to support road transport firms hit by the coronavirus outbreak and halt work on reforms to truck drivers' working conditi...
Mar 31, 2020
Fed broadens access to dollars with repo agreement for foreign central banks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday broadened the ability of foreign centrals banks to access U.S. dollars during the coronavirus crisis by allowing them to exchange their holdi...
Mar 31, 2020
Singapore warns firms to enable home-working as coronavirus cases rise to 926
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore said on Tuesday it could force companies to suspend operations if they do not do more to ensure employees can work from home to reduce the risk of coronavirus infection...
Mar 31, 2020
Disney+ to launch in India on April 3: ET
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's video streaming service, Disney+, will launch in India on April 3 through its local partner Hotstar, the Economic Times reported https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magaz...
Mar 31, 2020
Video chat app Houseparty offers $1 million reward over hacking claims
(Reuters) - Group video chat app Houseparty offered a reward of $1 million for evidence of what it said was a smear campaign against the company as it fought to quash claims that the app was stealing ...
Mar 31, 2020
Crisis-hit airlines face crippling cash squeeze, IATA says
PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Global airlines warned on Tuesday that many carriers may not survive a record cash squeeze in the second quarter, as revenues and traffic plunge because of the coronavirus cri...
Mar 31, 2020
