Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Qatar Petroleum crude prices for April dropped by more than 51 percent vs March: QNA
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar Petroleum's prices for April dropped by more than 51 percent for the Qatar Land and Marine crudes, compared to March, the state-news agency QNA reported on Saturday, citing the...
May 09, 2020
More than 1,000 queue for food in rich Geneva amid virus shutdown
By Cecile Mantovani and Denis Balibouse GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1,000 people queued up on Saturday to get free food parcels in Geneva, underscoring the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on the w...
May 09, 2020
Oil and investment asset prices decline will affect Kuwait financial solvency: Emir
KUWAIT (Reuters) - The decline in oil prices and the value of investment assets will have an impact on the financial solvency of the state, Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah said on Saturda...
May 09, 2020
Migrant workers throw stones at police in India in protest against lockdown
By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrant workers in India's western state of Gujarat have clashed for a second day with authorities, hurling stones at police trying to enforce a lockd...
May 09, 2020
China releases five prominent labour rights activists
SHENZHEN, China/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Five prominent labour activists have returned to their homes more than a year after they were arrested in coordinated raids in the southern Chinese city of Shenzh...
May 09, 2020
As Beijing gyms reopen, users are masked up and ready to shed pounds
By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING - Grunts, groans and the sound of pulsing music and crashing weights have returned to some of Beijing's gyms after being closed for nearly three months due to the corona...
May 09, 2020
ATP tour chief not ruling out 2020 return
By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) - Despite the growing possibility of a total wipeout of professional tennis this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, ATP Tour chief Andrea Gaudenzi is refusing to...
May 09, 2020
Portugal's low-income households struggle to survive pandemic
LISBON (Reuters) - One in four Portuguese with a monthly household income of 650 euros ($705) or less have lost all their income because of the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak, a study by ...
May 09, 2020
Protesters demand closure of LG Polymers plant in India after toxic gas leak
By Sudarshan Varadhan VISAKHAPATNAM (Reuters) - Villagers placed the bodies of three victims of a deadly gas leak from an LG Polymers plant in southern India at the gates of the site on Saturday, and ...
May 09, 2020
Seven killed in protests over food distribution in Afghanistan, local MP says
KABUL (Reuters) - Seven people were killed when protesters angry over what they see as unfair food aid distribution during the coronavirus pandemic clashed with police in Afghanistan's western Ghor pr...
May 09, 2020
