Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iran starts intercity travel ban amid fears of second wave of coronavirus
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran started an intercity travel ban on Thursday, an Iranian official said in a televised news conference, amid fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections in the Middle East's ...
Mar 26, 2020
Lockdown lifted, but exodus from Chinese city hindered by new coronavirus test rule
By Brenda Goh XIANNING, China (Reuters) - Residents of China's Xianning city eager to travel after a two-month lockdown faced an unexpected hurdle only hours after the borders were opened -- they need...
Mar 26, 2020
Yemen's warring parties back U.N. call for truce
By Mohammed Ghobari ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen's warring parties welcomed a United Nations call for an immediate truce on Thursday as the country entered its sixth year of a conflict that has unleashed a ...
Mar 26, 2020
Fresenius: Staff, equipment may not suffice for coronavirus peak: WirtschaftsWoche
BERLIN (Reuters) - The chief executive of German healthcare group Fresenius told WirtschaftsWoche magazine that he could not guarantee the German healthcare group's staff and equipment would suffice f...
Mar 26, 2020
Exclusive: Japan's GPIF to allow investing up to 31% in foreign bonds, sources say
By Takashi Umekawa and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world's largest pension fund, will allow investing up to 31% in foreign bonds by wideni...
Mar 26, 2020
ECB will not apply issuer limit in new crisis fighting QE
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will not apply self-imposed purchase limits on its 750 billion euro coronavirus crisis-fighting bond buying scheme and will also expand the list of elig...
Mar 26, 2020
China's factories reopen, only to fire workers as virus shreds global trade
By Stella Qiu and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - Shi Xiaomin, who used to export suits and blazers by the thousands to South Korea, the Netherlands and the United States, was luckier than many other Chi...
Mar 26, 2020
Airbus says reducing wing production for three weeks
PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus SE is reducing the production of aircraft wings for three weeks as it slows operations to put in place extra health and safety measures due to the coronavirus pandemic, the pl...
Mar 26, 2020
Number of coronavirus cases in Germany rises to 36,508: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Germany has risen to 36,508 and 198 people have died of the disease, statistics from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious disease...
Mar 26, 2020
Factbox: Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
(Reuters) - Coronavirus cases across the globe jumped on Thursday as Japan planned to set up a special virus task force and New Zealand went under lockdown. The U.S. Senate unanimously backed a $2 tri...
Mar 26, 2020
