Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Snooker: Rescheduled World Championship set for July 31 start
(Reuters) - The World Snooker Championship, originally scheduled for April 18 to May 4, will start on July 31 at the Crucible Theatre, the World Snooker Tour (WST) said on Wednesday. The 17-day season...
Apr 22, 2020
Virus outbreak raises spectre of cash injection for indebted EDF
By Benjamin Mallet and Bate Felix PARIS (Reuters) - Plummeting electricity demand and falling power prices during the coronavirus outbreak could leave EDF in need of a capital injection by the end of ...
Apr 22, 2020
Coronavirus movement ban for seniors, youth illegal: Bosnia's top court
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's top court ruled on Wednesday that a measure curtailing freedom of movement for people older than 65 and younger than 18 to try and halt the spread of the coronavirus is n...
Apr 22, 2020
Saudi Arabia may re-route tankers if U.S. imposes crude import ban: sources
By Jonathan Saul, Devika Krishna Kumar and Olga Yagova LONDON/NEW YORK/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is looking into re-routing millions of barrels of oil onboard tankers sailing to the United State...
Apr 22, 2020
Poland's biggest nature reserve fights largest fire in years
WARSAW (Reuters) - Wildfires have been ravaging the marshes of the Biebrza National Park in northeastern Poland, home to moose, beavers and unique wetland birds, since Sunday, as the country faces the...
Apr 22, 2020
Insurers Hiscox and Beazley expect COVID-19 claims of up to $345 million
By Sinead Cruise and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London insurers Hiscox and Beazley expect to pay up to $345 million (279.06 million pounds) between them to settle claims for issues inc...
Apr 22, 2020
UK death toll in hospitals from coronavirus rises by 763 to 18,100
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people who have died in hospitals in the United Kingdom after testing positive for the coronavirus has risen to 18,100, the health ministry said on Wednesday, an incre...
Apr 22, 2020
Euro zone consumer confidence falls to -22.7 in April
(Reuters) - Euro zone consumer confidence fell by 11.1 points in April from the March number, figures released on Wednesday showed. The European Commission said a flash estimate showed euro zone consu...
Apr 22, 2020
Few ventilators, little cash: Sudan braces for coronavirus test
By Nafisa Eltahir, Khalid Abdelaziz and Eltayeb Siddig DUBAI/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - With just a few hundred ventilators and international aid slow to materialise, Sudan's fledgling government knows it h...
Apr 22, 2020
South Africa considers flexible restrictions after lockdown
By Joe Bavier and Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa is considering introducing flexible restrictions on economic activity after it phases out a nationwide lockdown, according to ...
Apr 22, 2020
