Author Archives: Syndicated Content
SoftBank sees $16.5 billion full year Vision Fund loss
TOKYO (Reuters) - Softbank Group Corp said on Monday it expects its $100 billion Vision Fund to book a loss of 1.8 trillion yen ($16.5 billion) in the financial year ended March due to the deteriorati...
Apr 13, 2020
'God is with us': Many Muslims in Pakistan flout the coronavirus ban in mosques
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Sabir Durrani says he offers prayers almost every day at a mosque in the central Pakistani city of Multan. He says that often a dozen or more men are in attendanc...
Apr 13, 2020
Emirates to operate limited passenger services to U.S., Asia, North Africa
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's Emirates said on Monday it planned to operate limited passenger services to Algiers, Tunis, Jakarta, Manila, Taipei, Kabul and Chicago. It did not say when the flights would ...
Apr 13, 2020
Tokyo governor: Decrease in commuters falls short of target needed to control coronavirus
TOKYO (Reuters) - The number of commuters in Tokyo has fallen since the city announced a state of emergency last week, but the decrease is short of the target needed to control the spread of the coron...
Apr 13, 2020
Futures retreat as focus turns to corporate earnings
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures declined more than 1% on Monday after a strong rally last week, with investors bracing for the earnings season for further evidence of the coronavir...
Apr 13, 2020
Malaysia reports 134 new coronavirus cases, one new death
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian health authorities on Monday reported 134 new coronavirus cases, raising the cumulative total to 4,817 as Southeast Asia's third-largest economy sees a plateau in th...
Apr 13, 2020
A U.S. tribe’s uphill battle against climate change
By Valerie Volcovici TAHOLAH, Washington (Reuters) - For several years, Fawn Sharp has seen her tribe on the coastline of Washington state lurch from crisis to crisis: rising sea levels have flooded t...
Apr 13, 2020
Results of Wisconsin's chaotic election to be made public on Monday
By John Whitesides (Reuters) - Results will be released on Monday for a hotly contested state Supreme Court race, a presidential primary and other elections conducted in Wisconsin last week despite he...
Apr 13, 2020
Nigerians shake off coronavirus lockdown boredom with group exercise
By Abraham Achirga ABUJA (Reuters) - The bored and the brave have taken over the six-lane highways of Nigeria's capital, now on coronavirus lockdown. Vehicles in Abuja are mostly gone. In their place:...
Apr 13, 2020
Iran's coronavirus death toll rises to 4,585: health official
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the new coronavirus has risen to 4,585, with 111 deaths overnight, a health ministry official tweeted on Monday, adding the total number of infected cases had ...
Apr 13, 2020
