Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK COVID-19 death toll nears 43,000: official data
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom's COVID-19 official death toll has reached nearly 43,000, underlining the country's status as the worst-hit in Europe and raising more questions about Prime Minis...
May 19, 2020
Malaysia reports 37 new coronavirus cases with one new death
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian health authorities on Tuesday reported 37 new coronavirus cases, raising the cumulative total to 6,978 cases. The health ministry also reported one new death, bringi...
May 19, 2020
Mitsubishi Motors' full-year profit slumps 89%
TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Motors Corp on Tuesday posted an 89% drop in annual operating profit in the year ended March as the Japanese automaker took a hit from falling vehicle sales as the coronav...
May 19, 2020
Pier 1 seeks to wind down operations as pandemic foils search for buyer
(Reuters) - Home decor and furniture retailer Pier 1 Imports Inc said on Tuesday it has filed to seek bankruptcy court approval to wind down its operations as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic hampe...
May 19, 2020
Eastern Libyan forces pull out of parts of Tripoli
TUNIS (Reuters) - Eastern Libyan forces pulled out of parts of Tripoli overnight, they said, after losing one of their main strongholds in western Libya on Monday, in a major blow to their year-long c...
May 19, 2020
Philippines reports 224 new coronavirus infections, cases near 13,000
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine health ministry on Tuesday reported six new coronavirus deaths and 224 more infections, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 12,942. The number of deaths was...
May 19, 2020
Japan may free more regions from emergency as new virus cases drop: Asahi
By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan may lift its state of emergency in more regions this week as new coronavirus infections drop, the Asahi newspaper said on Tuesday, moving to resume sorely ne...
May 19, 2020
Slow recovery in markets seen as COVID-19 risks persist, cash still king: BofA survey
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors are bearish on stocks, especially riskier assets, and expect a slower economic recovery as the risk of a second wave of infections from the novel coronavirus persists, a B...
May 19, 2020
China says U.S. trying to shift blame and smear Beijing over WHO
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said the United States was trying to shift the blame for Washington's own mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis, responding to President Donald Trump's letter threatening to hal...
May 19, 2020
German court limits power of spy agency's bugging overseas
KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that monitoring the internet traffic of foreign nationals abroad by the BND intelligence agency partly breaches the const...
May 19, 2020
