Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Zimbabweans in South Africa use app to send food home after border restrictions
By Emma Rumney and MacDonald Dzirutwe JOHANNESBURG/HARARE (Reuters) - Petronella Mabhena, a domestic worker in South Africa, has been paying bus drivers to ferry food to her relatives in Zimbabwe for ...
May 19, 2020
As coronavirus crushes small restaurants, big chains see room to move in
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prime storefronts left empty by failed businesses. Cheaper or even flexible rents. Landlords willing to add drive-thru lanes. As the coronavirus permanently shutter...
May 19, 2020
Syrian government seizes assets of Assad cousin Makhlouf: document
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian government decided on Tuesday to seize assets belonging to Rami Makhlouf, a cousin of President Bashar al-Assad and one of Syria's richest men, and his wife and children,...
May 19, 2020
Past its peak? Battered oil demand faces threat from electric vehicles
By Matthew Green and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Oil companies may be facing uncertainty as the coronavirus pandemic triggers a collapse in demand for their products, but auto makers are betting t...
May 19, 2020
Coronavirus leads to 43% first quarter drop in Asian company profits
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Gaurav Dogra BENGALURU (Reuters) - Profits at Asian companies have plunged by an average of 43% in the first quarter, the steepest decline in at least 9 years, with the...
May 19, 2020
Southwest says bookings outpace cancellations in May
(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co said on Tuesday it recorded positive bookings on a net basis through May 18, as passenger reservations outpaced trip cancellations. The U.S. carrier said it expects J...
May 19, 2020
Rwandan genocide fugitive Kabuga due before French court
PARIS (Reuters) - Rwandan genocide fugitive Felicien Kabuga is due to appear before a Paris court on Tuesday, three days after French police swooped on his hideout in a Paris suburb, ending a 26-year ...
May 19, 2020
Merkel, Visegrad states: We'll dismantle border controls when pandemic allows
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders of the Visegrad Four group of countries on Tuesday agreed that in was in their interests to gradually dismantle border crossing restr...
May 19, 2020
Kyrgyzstan to lift most coronavirus-linked restrictions
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan will lift most of the remaining coronavirus-related restrictions in the coming days, reopening the retail and services sectors and public transportation, the government ...
May 19, 2020
Wall Street set to retreat as Home Depot results weigh
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures eased on Tuesday, handing back gains from the S&P 500's best day in six weeks in the previous session, as disappointing results from Home Depot weig...
May 19, 2020
