Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia's Transneft suspends business trips over coronavirus
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft said on Thursday it has suspended business trips for its staff due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Interfax news agency reported. Transneft staf...
Mar 05, 2020
Exclusive: China's top gas importer PetroChina declares force majeure on imports - sources
By Chen Aizhu and Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's top gas importer PetroChina has declared force majeure on natural gas imports, including on liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments and...
Mar 05, 2020
UK moving into 'delay' phase of coronavirus battle plan - chief medical officer
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has mainly moved into the 'delay' phase of the government's four-stage battle plan to tackle the spread of coronavirus, England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said on ...
Mar 05, 2020
Online voting at AGMs in demand as coronavirus spreads: Swiss tech firm
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - Online voting at annual shareholder meetings (AGMs) has jumped since the coronavirus outbreak as investors shun large gatherings because of travel restrictions or fea...
Mar 05, 2020
Finnair steps up efforts to be carbon neutral by 2045
(Reuters) - Finnair said on Thursday it had stepped up its efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 through a range of measures and would begin by halving its net emissions by 2025 from their 2019...
Mar 05, 2020
Germany reports 109 new confirmed coronavirus cases
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany jumped by 109 within a day, a public health institute said on Thursday. As of Thursday morning, there were 349 cases spread acro...
Mar 05, 2020
China's jobseekers cast uneasy eye on opportunities in virus-hit economy
By Muyu Xu and Gavin Maguire BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's job market is showing signs of recovery as firms resume operations and an easing of measures to contain a coronavirus allow hundreds ...
Mar 05, 2020
Russian court fines Putin critic's group over foreign agent law - group spokeswoman
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Thursday fined opposition politician Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation 500,000 roubles ($7,536) for failing to identify itself as a foreign agent on soc...
Mar 05, 2020
World food prices dip in February, cereal outlook up: U.N.
ROME (Reuters) - World food prices slipped in February, ending four months of successive increases, driven by falls in prices for vegetable oils, meat and grains, the United Nations food agency said o...
Mar 05, 2020
Swiss report first coronavirus death
ZURICH (Reuters) - A 74-year-old woman in western Switzerland has died after contracting the new coronavirus, the country's first death from the rapidly spreading disease outbreak, regional police sai...
Mar 05, 2020
