Author Archives: Syndicated Content
MLB owners to present proposal to start season
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball owners will present a proposal to players on Tuesday that will outline plans for the start of the coronavirus-hit 2020 season, a source close to the talks told Reuter...
May 12, 2020
Defensives, upbeat earnings lift European shares
(Reuters) - European shares edged higher on Tuesday following a clutch of upbeat quarterly earnings reports, but investors remained cautious of a resurgence in new coronavirus cases as hard-hit econom...
May 12, 2020
China says it is not yet the time to relax coronavirus measures
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's health authority said on Tuesday that the reappearance of local clusters of coronavirus cases in recent days suggests that counter-epidemic measures cannot be relaxed yet. ...
May 12, 2020
Japan finance minister says no tax cuts for time being to counter pandemic
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday he was not considering tax cuts, including a reduction in the sales tax, for the time being as a way of easing the economic pain fr...
May 12, 2020
Russia reports 10,899 new coronavirus cases, surpasses UK tally
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday reported 10,899 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total past that of Britain to 232,243, the third highest total wor...
May 12, 2020
Hong Kong police chief admits 'undesirable' behaviour towards media at protest
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's police chief said on Tuesday his officers should have been more professional in dealing with media during protests at which they pepper-sprayed journalists and made s...
May 12, 2020
'It can't last forever': UK to unveil changes to furloughing scheme
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will on Tuesday announce changes to programme that is paying the wages of more than 6 million workers at businesses affected by the coronavirus, its health minister said. Br...
May 12, 2020
Spain orders two-week quarantine for all overseas travellers from May 15
(Reuters) - The Spanish government ordered a two-week quarantine for all overseas travellers coming to the country from May 15 in a bid to curb the spreading of the novel coronavirus in the country. T...
May 12, 2020
Global commercial fishing falls 6.5% to end-April due to coronavirus
By Reade Levinson LONDON (Reuters) - Global commercial fishing activity for 2020 fell by around 1 million hours as of end-April, a 6.5% decline over the two previous years, the result of plummeting de...
May 12, 2020
Singapore's health ministry confirms 884 new coronavirus cases
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry said on Tuesday it had confirmed another 884 coronavirus cases, taking the city-state's tally of infections to 24,671. (Reporting by Aradhana Aravinda...
May 12, 2020
