Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Afghanistan says it has found 17 bodies of migrants drowned by Iran border guards
By Storay Karimi HERAT (Reuters) - Afghan authorities said on Thursday they had recovered 12 more bodies of migrants who were thrown into a river by Iranian border guards this month to stop them enter...
May 07, 2020
Wall Street bullish on ride-hailing firms on lower driver costs, recovery signs
By Anirban Sen and Supantha Mukherjee (Reuters) - Wall Street gave a resounding vote of confidence to ride-hailing stocks ahead of Uber's results on Thursday, after Lyft indicated a slow recovery in d...
May 07, 2020
Exclusive: Peru mines set to restart; to hit 80% production in a month, industry official says
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian miners are set to restart operations in coming days and ramp up to around 80% of normal production levels within a month, a senior official at the country's m...
May 07, 2020
Norway cuts rates to record low of zero to cushion economy
By Terje Solsvik and Victoria Klesty OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's central bank cut its key interest rate to zero, a record low, from 0.25% on Thursday in a surprise move aimed at protecting an economy re...
May 07, 2020
Brazil's Bolsonaro readies troops to fight Amazon rainforest destruction
By Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday authorized deployment of armed forces into the Amazon region to fight fires and deforestation, three months earlier t...
May 07, 2020
U.S. demand for cars expected to rebound while travel, dining lag: ad agency
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Consumer demand for cars could begin to recover this month in the United States after steep declines due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the hard-hit travel and dining indu...
May 07, 2020
Lufthansa seeking 9 billion euro bailout
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lufthansa on Thursday said it is negotiating a 9 billion euro ($9.71 billion) "stabilisation package" with Germany's Federal Economic Stabilization Fund, confirming an earlier Re...
May 07, 2020
Fed's Bostic: Recovery hinges on permanence of unemployment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The strength of any coming U.S. economic recovery will depend on whether the emergency programs rolled out provide an effective "bridge" so companies rehire workers when the hea...
May 07, 2020
Leaked reopening guidance not cleared by U.S. public health leaders, official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leaked document on how to safely reopen states prepared by officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was never cleared by CDC leadership, a White House ...
May 07, 2020
Public Masses in Italy to resume May 18, ending bitter Church-state rift
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government and Roman Catholic bishops signed an agreement on Thursday to allow the faithful to attend Masses again from later this month, ending a standoff ...
May 07, 2020
