Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Premier League soccer suspended as coronavirus wreaks more havoc on world sport
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - England's Premier League became the latest high-profile competition to announce a suspension as the coronavirus pandemic continued its unprecedented shutdown of wor...
Mar 13, 2020
J&J says demand for consumer products higher due to coronavirus
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Friday there was higher demand for some of its consumer products in certain markets due to the global spread of the coronavirus, and it was taking all possible me...
Mar 13, 2020
Pakistan investigates owner of largest media group on graft charges
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani court on Friday allowed an anti-corruption body to investigate the owner of the country's largest media group on allegations of graft datin...
Mar 13, 2020
First woman in space brought down to earth by anger over bid to prolong Putin rule
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Valentina Tereshkova was hailed as a hero when she became the first woman in space in 1963. Now 83, she has became a hate figure for some Russians after this week p...
Mar 13, 2020
Smart move: coronavirus converts home working laggard Italy
By Valentina Za and Stephen Jewkes MILAN (Reuters) - Donato Velardi's hotline has been ringing almost non-stop since Rome imposed draconian measures to combat its coronavirus crisis, forcing millions ...
Mar 13, 2020
Mnuchin: Coronavirus' economic hit seen as short-term, weighing all options
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday said he expected the U.S. economic hit from the coronavirus outbreak to be short-term, and that the Trump administration was kee...
Mar 13, 2020
UK's Prince Charles cancels tour of Bosnia, Cyprus and Jordan over coronavirus
LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Charles and his wife Camilla have canceled their tour of Bosnia, Cyprus and Jordan after being advised to do so by the British government, a spokesman for the royal couple sa...
Mar 13, 2020
India shuts malls in Mumbai, bars in Bengaluru after coronavirus death
By Sachin Ravikumar and Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI/BENGALURU, India (Reuters) - Two Indian states ordered the closure of public buildings, malls, cinemas and bars in several major cities on Friday, with M...
Mar 13, 2020
EU employee tests positive for coronavirus in Guinea's first case
CONAKRY (Reuters) - An employee of the European Union delegation in Guinea has tested positive for coronavirus, a delegation spokesman said on Friday, in Guinea's first confirmed case of the virus. Th...
Mar 13, 2020
Dutch coronavirus infections rise by 190 to 804, deaths double to 10
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of deaths in people with the coronavirus in the Netherlands has doubled to 10, Dutch health authorities said on Friday. The number of infections rose to 804 from 614 a...
Mar 13, 2020
