Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Coronavirus drains Vatican coffers as income falls, deficits loom
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Late last month, the Vatican announced the coronavirus pandemic had forced Pope Francis to postpone an annual fund raising campaign among Catholics worldwid...
May 13, 2020
Qatar Airways in talks to defer Airbus, Boeing orders: SCMP
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar Airways, one of the Middle East's biggest airlines, is in talks with Airbus and Boeing to defer aircraft orders for several years, its chief executive was quoted as saying on W...
May 13, 2020
China's Wuhan kicks off mass testing campaign for new coronavirus
By Yawen Chen and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - Authorities in the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus emerged launched an ambitious campaign on Wednesday to test all of its 11 million residents, ...
May 13, 2020
Merkel: Let's not jeopardize what we've achieved on coronavirus
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans on Wednesday not to endanger what the country has achieved in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, adding the pandemic will be with us for s...
May 13, 2020
Poland to reopen restaurants and hairdressers on May 18
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will reopen restaurants and hairdressers on May 18 as it begins easing coronavirus-linked restrictions, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday. "At least to some...
May 13, 2020
Austria says plans to fully reopen border with Switzerland
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria the same basic plan for reopening its borders with Switzerland and Liechtenstein as for its frontier with Germany, which it has already announced will fully reopen on June 1...
May 13, 2020
Nigeria's president appoints ex-U.N. diplomat chief of staff
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Ibrahim Gambari as his new chief of staff, secretary to the government said on Wednesday. Gambari was Nigeria's minister for external a...
May 13, 2020
France confirms border controls with Germany to stay in place until June 15
PARIS (Reuters) - France will maintain border controls with Germany until June 15, although there will be some relaxation of measures to help the day-to-day lives of those who have to make regular cro...
May 13, 2020
Latin America's airlines pray for bailouts to avoid Avianca's fate
By Marcelo Rochabrun SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Avianca Holdings had known since late March that the Colombian airline's cash pile would only cover a few months of expenses while its entire fleet sat groun...
May 13, 2020
UK voters more critical of government over COVID: poll
LONDON (Reuters) - Support for the British government's handling of the coronavirus crisis has fallen, leading to a drop in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's standing in the eyes of voters, a survey show...
May 13, 2020
