Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. airlines ditch 2020 outlooks, slash flights on virus hit
By Rachit Vats and Tracy Rucinski (Reuters) - Leading U.S. airlines American and Delta suspended 2020 financial guidance on Tuesday and took drastic further measures to combat the impact of the corona...
Mar 10, 2020
Epidemic response group ups coronavirus vaccine funding to $23.7 million
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - The CEPI global epidemic response coalition said on Tuesday it will put a further $4.4 million into deals with the biotech firm Novavax and Britain's University of O...
Mar 10, 2020
Turkey says coronavirus outbreak 'highly likely', no confirmed cases
ANKARA (Reuters) - It is highly likely that there is a coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, but there have not been any confirmed cases for now, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Tuesday. "Eur...
Mar 10, 2020
Greece rebuffs 963 migrants in border standoff with Turkey
KASTANIES, Greece (Reuters) - Nearly 1,000 migrants tried to cross into Greece from Turkey in the past 24 hours despite tight border security, Greek officials said on Tuesday, suggesting little respit...
Mar 10, 2020
ECB's Lagarde to join EU leader call on coronavirus on Tuesday
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde will participate in a video conference of the EU's 27 leaders to dicuss measures to counter the coronavirus, the Council of...
Mar 10, 2020
Explainer: EU privacy rules no obstacle to coronavirus fight; smartphone tracking a no-no
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe's privacy rulebook does not create obstacles to taking action to curb the coronavirus epidemic but mass tracking of people's movements and contacts using s...
Mar 10, 2020
Baghdad's booksellers won't let coronavirus close them down
By Ulf Laessing BAGHDAD (Reuters) - They survived censorship under Saddam Hussein and the years of violence that followed his downfall, so the booksellers of Baghdad are not too worried by coronavirus...
Mar 10, 2020
'It's a pain in the neck,' Madrid parents say as schools shut over coronavirus
By Michael Gore and Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - Parents across the Madrid region scrambled for ways to cope with a two-week shutdown of schools starting Wednesday in the hope of stemming the spread...
Mar 10, 2020
Russia's ability to ramp up oil output curbed by export bottlenecks: traders
By Vladimir Soldatkin, Olga Yagova and Gleb Gorodyankin MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's ability to quickly lift oil production following the collapse of a global agreement to cut is restrained by bottlene...
Mar 10, 2020
Thailand unveils $12.7 billion stimulus package to ease coronavirus impact
By Kitiphong Thaichareon and Orathai Sriring BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet approved a stimulus package on Tuesday worth an estimated $12.7 billion to help alleviate the impact of the coronavi...
Mar 10, 2020
