Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'Back in the classroom, open your books': Germany cautiously reopens schools
BERLIN (Reuters) - Students in Germany went back to class to take their final exams on Monday as schools that had been shut last month to stem the spread of the coronavirus epidemic began to reopen. T...
Apr 20, 2020
Rift opens over European coronavirus contact tracing apps
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - A rift has opened up over the design of smartphone apps to trace people in Europe at risk of coronavirus infection, potentially hindering efforts to curb the pand...
Apr 20, 2020
Record wide gap opens in U.S. oil futures contracts
By David Gaffen (Reuters) - An extreme situation has developed in the U.S. crude oil futures markets, as the current front-month May contract, due to expire Tuesday, has dropped by a whopping 36%, ope...
Apr 20, 2020
Czech markets, dog salons back in business as cautious reopening begins
By Jiri Skacel PRAGUE (Reuters) - Farmers markets, craft shops, car dealerships and dog grooming salons opened in the Czech Republic on Monday, another step towards a return to normal life as the gove...
Apr 20, 2020
Business as usual in Iran as malls, bazaars reopen amid coronavirus
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - Shopping malls and bazaars reopened in Iran on Monday despite warnings by some health officials that a new wave of coronavirus infections could ripple through the Mi...
Apr 20, 2020
Coronavirus sweeps through Portuguese hostel housing asylum seekers
LISBON (Reuters) - The coronavirus has swept through a hostel in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, infecting 138 of the 175 asylum seekers housed there, a municipal official said on Monday. Residents wer...
Apr 20, 2020
Britain's high street seeks government rent support
By Samantha Machado (Reuters) - Britain's commercial tenants and landlords have the asked the government for rental support, saying the coronavirus pandemic makes it impossible for thousands of retail...
Apr 20, 2020
England's COVID-19 hospital death toll rises 429 to 14,829
LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 death toll in English hospitals rose 429 to 14,829, the national health service said. "15 of the 429 patients (aged between 49 and 92 years old) had no known underlying...
Apr 20, 2020
Vestas lays off 400, halts some wind farm projects
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Vestas said on Monday it will lay off around 400 employees and halt certain wind farm projects with immediate effect as a result the economic impact of the new coronavirus outbr...
Apr 20, 2020
Polish opposition, junior ruling party seek election delay
By Marcin Goclowski and Pawel Florkiewicz WARSAW (Reuters) - Politicians from Poland's ruling alliance and the opposition began talks on Monday on delaying next month's presidential election due to th...
Apr 20, 2020
