Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lebanese designers fight coronavirus with fashion face masks
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Beirut-based designer Bokja specializes in making upholstered furniture with vintage fabric but the studio's workers now dedicate their time to sewing colourful silk face masks to c...
May 12, 2020
Nokia to collaborate with Microsoft in data centre software
(Reuters) - Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia said on Tuesday it would collaborate with Microsoft in the open source network operating system SONiC, which is used in the data centres of some of th...
May 12, 2020
Moderna's experimental coronavirus vaccine gets FDA's 'fast track' status
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Tuesday its experimental coronavirus vaccine had gained the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "fast track" designation. The agency's fast track status is designed to ...
May 12, 2020
UK extends COVID job retention scheme by four months
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain extended its job retention scheme - the costly centrepiece of its attempts to mitigate the coronavirus hit to the economy - by four more months on Tuesday but told employers...
May 12, 2020
EasyJet founder offers $6 million reward for help in cancelling Airbus order
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou is offering 5 million pounds ($6.2 million) for any information that leads to the cancellation of its order for 107 Airbus jets a...
May 12, 2020
Polish opposition threatens to block plans for rescheduled election
By Joanna Plucinska WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's main opposition grouping threatened on Tuesday to block planning for a delayed presidential election after the ruling coalition proposed a bill to allow...
May 12, 2020
Brussels Airlines slashes jobs, fleet as COVID-19 bites
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Brussels Airlines, part of Germany's Lufthansa , said on Tuesday it would reduce its fleet by 30% and its workforce by a quarter to guarantee its survival dur...
May 12, 2020
Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams endorses Biden for U.S. president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Georgia state minority leader Stacey Abrams, a possible Democratic vice presidential pick, endorsed presumptive nominee Joe Biden for U.S. president on Tuesday, citing hi...
May 12, 2020
Embraer blames failed Boeing deal for sharp drop in commercial jet deliveries
By Marcelo Rochabrun SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Planemaker Embraer said Tuesday it delivered just five commercial jets in the first quarter, less than half of what it delivered a year ago, blaming the drop...
May 12, 2020
French Health Minister says 'no' to Paris Mayor demand to re-open parks
PARIS (Reuters) - French Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Tuesday that parks and gardens would remain closed in Paris and the greater Paris region to limit the risk of a second wave of coronaviru...
May 12, 2020
