Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Uzbek banks to get $150 million from EBRD's coronavirus package
TASHKENT (Reuters) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) [EBRD.UL] will make $150 million in trade finance facilities available to three Uzbek banks under its coronavirus suppo...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2020
Russia to spend more than $27 billion on anti-crisis measures: minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is set to spend more than 2 trillion roubles ($26.96 billion) on its anti-crisis programme to counter the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, Economy Minister Maxim Reshetni...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2020
ECB ready to do more to avoid euro 'fragmentation': Schnabel
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is ready to do more to avoid financial fragmentation in the euro zone, ECB board member Isabel Schnabel said on Thursday, after a significant widening o...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2020
Australia to send aid to Fiji after cyclone tears across Pacific
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is to send humanitarian aid to Fiji after a tropical cyclone caused widespread destruction across the Pacific, Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne s...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2020
Malaysia reports 110 new coronavirus cases with one new death
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 110 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, raising the cumulative total to 5,182. The health ministry also reported one new death, taking ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2020
Hazmats and home deliveries: how one Iberian ham producer is countering coronavirus
By Clara-Laeila Laudette MADRID (Reuters) - Having lived through animal-related influenzas like SARS and H1N1, Iberian ham producer Joselito was quick to enhance quality controls with tougher sanitary...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2020
Factbox: Countries pondering an easing of coronavirus curbs
(Reuters) - Various countries around the world are wondering when and how to ease coronavirus lockdowns, though the World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that should be done slowly and only when ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2020
Europe COVID-19 cases almost at 1 million, coming weeks 'critical' - WHO
LONDON (Reuters) - Europe is currently in eye of the storm of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the number of cases nearing a million, the World Health Organization's (WHO) European regional director said o...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2020
Ford's first-quarter China vehicle sales down 35% year-on-year to 88,770 units
BEIJING (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Thursday that its China vehicle sales in the first three months this year fell 34.9% from a year earlier to 88,770 units, as coronavirus epidemic hit demands ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2020
How coronavirus hitched a ride through China
By Marco Hernandez and Cate Cadell (Reuters) - As residents of China's Wuhan began leaving for the first time last week, a Reuters analysis of official statements, data and residents' accounts reveals...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2020
