Author Archives: Syndicated Content
WTO head expected to step down early: source
GENEVA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of the World Trade Organization is expected to step down earlier than planned, a Geneva-based source said, and has summoned a virtual meeting to inform national me...
May 14, 2020
UK survey shows 76% of firms apply for COVID job retention scheme
LONDON (Reuters) - More than three-quarters of companies in Britain which took part in a survey by the country's official statistics office have applied for the government's emergency job retention sc...
May 14, 2020
Out-of-work Thai chefs cook for others made jobless by virus crisis
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Professional chefs on Wednesday started cooking up around 40,000 lunches in Thailand's capital for communities affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Chef Hugs, a local charity, hir...
May 14, 2020
Sony aims to make image sensors smarter to expand beyond smartphones
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp on Thursday said it would make its cash-cow image sensors smarter to broaden their application, as the Japanese electronics maker seeks to reduce reliance on a saturated sm...
May 14, 2020
China likely to speed up buying of U.S. farm goods: COFCO executive
By Hallie Gu and Shivani Singh BEIJING (Reuters) - China is set to speed up purchases of U.S. farm goods and will implement the Phase 1 trade deal with the United States, an executive at state-owned a...
May 14, 2020
France accuses Venezuela of harassing embassy, summons envoy
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - France has summoned Venezuela's envoy over accusations President Nicolas Maduro's government has been harassing its embassy in Caracas, including by cutting water and e...
May 14, 2020
BMW CEO sees 'very slow' U.S. recovery after corona rebound in China
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BMW on Thursday said China sales of luxury passenger cars rebounded in April but the German premium car and motorbike manufacturer cautioned that other markets including the Unit...
May 14, 2020
Armenia extends state of emergency over coronavirus until June 13
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia on Thursday extended a state of emergency in the country over the coronavirus outbreak until June 13, the government said, after the number of new daily infections began ri...
May 14, 2020
Japan says drugmaker Gilead's COVID-19 treatment remdesivir now in use in hospitals
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has begun treating severely ill COVID-19 patients with Gilead Sciences Inc's COVID-19 remdesivir drug, a health ministry official said, just days after giving th...
May 14, 2020
Philippines' coronavirus cases approaching 12,000
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Thursday said the number of cases of the novel coronavirus recorded in the country is nearing 12,000. In a bulletin, the ministry said it had rec...
May 14, 2020
