Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Romanian cobbler keeps people apart with size 75 shoes
By Luiza Ilie CLUJ, Romania/BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Soon after a two-month lockdown to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus eased in Romania in mid-May, Grigore Lup, a Romanian shoemaker from the T...
May 29, 2020
U.S. consumer spending tumble in April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending dropped by a record in April as the COVID-19 pandemic undercut demand, buttressing expectations that the economy could contract in the second quarter at i...
May 29, 2020
Canada GDP in April fell a record 11%: Statscan flash estimate
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's growth in April plunged by a record 11% from March as large sections of the economy were shut down to fight the coronavirus outbreak, Statistics Canada said in a flash esti...
May 29, 2020
Renault factory worker spared layoffs - for now
By Caroline Pailliez and Stephane Mahe CAUDAN, France (Reuters) - Giovanni Pili, a worker at a Renault factory in France, was on Friday savoring the fact that he was not laid off in a global shakeup a...
May 29, 2020
Lasting contango in oil: market spread to outlast supply-demand imbalance
By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) - While vast cuts by producer countries and renewed fuel consumption from easing coronavirus lockdowns may soon rebalance oil supply and demand, some analysts and tra...
May 29, 2020
Foreign powers in Libya risk ever bloodier stalemate
By Angus McDowall, Orhan Coskun and Ulf Laessing TUNIS/ANKARA/CAIRO (Reuters) - As Turkish drones helped drive eastern Libyan forces back from Tripoli this month, Russia was said to be reinforcing the...
May 29, 2020
Russia to hold talks with Syria about obtaining more facilities, maritime access: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's defence and foreign ministries to hold talks with Syria for Moscow to obtain additional facilities and maritime access in Syria, the In...
May 29, 2020
European agency panel recommends approval of J&J's Ebola vaccine
(Reuters) - A panel of the European health regulator on Friday recommended approving Johnson & Johnson's two-dose experimental vaccine for Ebola in the European Union. J&J submitted its application to...
May 29, 2020
Somalia commission to probe killing of seven health workers
By Abdi Sheikh and Katharine Houreld MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia will set up a regional commission to probe the killing of seven health workers and report publicly within a month, the head of Hirsha...
May 29, 2020
City of Moscow revises up its coronavirus death toll for April after criticism
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The city of Moscow has issued a revised version of its coronavirus death toll for April after criticism of its initial figures, more than doubling the original tally by using what i...
May 29, 2020
