Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Jobless benefit requests by Portugal's young spike 52% during pandemic
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - The number of Portuguese young people requesting jobless benefits spiked 52% last month from a year earlier, way above the increase for other age groups, amid the...
May 25, 2020
Bars, gyms reopen as Iceland exits emergency coronavirus alert
By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Iceland eased its national alert against the coronavirus on Monday, allowing for public gatherings of up to 200 people and night clubs and gyms to reopen a...
May 25, 2020
Thai researcher eyes affordable, accessible coronavirus vaccine for SE Asia
By Panu Wongcha-um and Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK (Reuters) - A researcher leading Thailand's push to manufacture a coronavirus vaccine says its aim is to make it cost-effective and accessible to Sou...
May 25, 2020
Ukrainian workers start returning to Poland as lockdown eases
By Sergiy Karazy CHERNYAKHIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Coronavirus or no, Vadym Diachenko needed no persuading when an employment agency offered to fly him back to Poland from his native Ukraine to work at...
May 25, 2020
Bank of Israel keeps benchmark interest rate at 0.1%
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Bank of Israel left its benchmark interest rate at 0.1% on Monday, after it lowered the rate last month to help the economy recover from the coronavirus outbreak. All 12 econ...
May 25, 2020
EU must present united front to shield pandemic-hit banks: regulator
By John O'Donnell and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European countries need to join forces to shield their banks from the coronavirus outbreak, one of the bloc's top regulators said on Monday...
May 25, 2020
Drop in China economic output an opportunity for Mexico: Lopez Obrador
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday that a reduction in China's economic output is creating an opportunity for more investment to come to Mexico. (Repo...
May 25, 2020
Spain to lift quarantine for foreign tourists from July 1
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will lift a requirement for foreign tourists to undergo a two-week quarantine from July 1, the government said on Monday in a statement. Under current restrictions, visitors f...
May 25, 2020
German government, regions tussle over reopening from lockdowns
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's central and regional governments were at odds on Monday over when and how far to ease contact distancing rules, with allies of Chancellor Angela Merkel w...
May 25, 2020
Australian economy must come off COVID-19 'life support', PM to say
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's economy must not become reliant on government stimulus, Prime Minister Scott Morrison will say on Tuesday, as Canberra unwinds state support and acceler...
May 25, 2020
