Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iraq suspends Reuters for three months over report on coronavirus cases
LONDON (Reuters) - Iraq has suspended the licence of the Reuters news agency after it published a story saying the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country was higher than officially reported...
Apr 14, 2020
India lockdown sends grey-market booze prices soaring
By Rajendra Jadhav and Chris Thomas MUMBAI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Alcohol prices in India's grey market have more than quadrupled and online searches for how to make homemade alcohol have soared during...
Apr 14, 2020
Amazon ordered to limit France trade to essential goods within 24 hours
PARIS (Reuters) - A French court on Tuesday ordered Amazon to limit its business to essential goods within 24 hours to allow for an assessment of epidemic risks, trade union Sud said on Tuesday. The N...
Apr 14, 2020
Hyundai to provide COVID 19 tests, 'drive through' testing support in U.S.
(Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co's North American unit will expand its support for "drive through" testing for the coronavirus and donate 65,000 tests to hospitals in the United States, the South Korean a...
Apr 14, 2020
Bahrain sets up coronavirus ICU in military hospital car park
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain has converted the multi-storey car park of a military hospital into a 130-bed intensive care unit for patients with COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new corona...
Apr 14, 2020
Swiss ICUs face drug bottlenecks as world scrambles for coronavirus meds
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland faces shortages of medicine including painkillers needed to treat coronavirus patients in the country's intensive care units, a health ministry official said on Tuesday,...
Apr 14, 2020
AutoDesk invests in public infrastructure software firm
(Reuters) - Autodesk Inc on Tuesday said it would take a minority stake in a Texas company that makes software for planning and building infrastructure projects such as roads and bridges. San Rafael, ...
Apr 14, 2020
Delta absorbs order for 10 Airbus A350 jets cancelled by Latam: sources
PARIS (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines has taken over an order worth roughly $3 billion at list prices for 10 Airbus A350 jetliners from Latam Airlines Group ), two industry sources said. Airbus announced ...
Apr 14, 2020
Pakistan extends coronavirus lockdown, some industries to reopen in phases
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday announced a two-week extension to the nationwide shutdown to curb the COVID-19 spread, but said some industries would reopen in pha...
Apr 14, 2020
Gulf's migrant workers left stranded and struggling by coronavirus outbreak
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - Charity workers are scouring the United Arab Emirates for empty buildings and Bahrain is repurposing closed schools to rehouse low income labourers from overcro...
Apr 14, 2020
