Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Euro zone business activity collapses in March as coronavirus spreads: PMIs
By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity has crumbled in March as the coronavirus pandemic sweeping across Europe and the world wreaks havoc and shops, restaurants and offices ...
Mar 24, 2020
Africans improvise sanitizers, masks to plug shortages
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - When panic over the coronavirus spurred a run on hand sanitizer in Cape Town, gin maker Andre Pienaar realized there was something he could do with all the waste...
Mar 24, 2020
Indonesia reports biggest daily rise in coronavirus cases
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Tuesday confirmed 107 new coronavirus cases, the biggest daily increase to date in the Southeast Asian country, bringing the total number of cases to 686, Health Minis...
Mar 24, 2020
Vietnam closes Ho Chi Minh City restaurants to curb virus outbreak
HANOI (Reuters) - Restaurants in Vietnam's business hub, Ho Chi Minh City, must close until March 31 to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, the city's ruling body said on Tuesday. Ho Chi Minh Cit...
Mar 24, 2020
French business activity plunges to record low in March over coronavirus: PMIs
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity plunged to its lowest level on record in March as a nationwide coronavirus lockdown shuttered vast swathes of the euro zone's second-biggest ...
Mar 24, 2020
Australia's Coates, the man in the middle stuck with a muddle
By Nick Mulvenney and Ian Ransom SYDNEY/MEBOURNE (Reuters) - The surest sign that the tide had turned definitively against plans to press ahead with the Tokyo Games this year might have come on Monday...
Mar 24, 2020
Laos records first two coronavirus cases: Thai media
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Laos has recorded its first two coronavirus cases, a news report on Thai state-owned media MCOT said on Tuesday, citing the Laos Health Ministry. The two cases include a 28-year-ol...
Mar 24, 2020
China's IT ministry calls for faster 5G network rollout: government document
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has called for the 5G network to be built faster to minimize the impact of the coronavirus, according to a document ...
Mar 24, 2020
European shares trudge higher as stimulus wave stems selloff
(Reuters) - European shares attempted another rebound on Tuesday after slumping in the previous session, as a fresh round of monetary and fiscal stimulus offered some relief even as the coronavirus pa...
Mar 24, 2020
U.S. newspapers call on China to reverse expulsion of journalists
BEIJING (Reuters) - Publishers of three U.S. newspapers urged China on Tuesday to reverse a decision to force out about a dozen of their American journalists, saying in an open letter that the expulsi...
Mar 24, 2020
