Author Archives: Syndicated Content
ECB urges measures worth 1.5 trillion euros this year to tackle virus crisis: sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank told euro zone finance ministers that the bloc may need fiscal measures worth up to 1.5 trillion euros ($1.6 trillion) this year to tackle the economic c...
Apr 08, 2020
Italy closes ports to migrant ships because of coronavirus
ROME (Reuters) - Italian ports cannot be considered safe because of the coronavirus epidemic and will not let charity migrant boats dock, the government has ruled. The decision was taken late on Tuesd...
Apr 08, 2020
Zoom sued for overstating, not disclosing privacy, security flaws
(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc was slapped with a class action suit by one of its shareholders on Tuesday, accusing the video-conferencing app of overstating its privacy standards and faili...
Apr 08, 2020
Honda back to work in China's Wuhan with temperature checks and masks
By Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) - Temperature checkpoints and posters telling workers to keep more than a metre apart at Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co's reopened plant in the Chinese city of ...
Apr 08, 2020
Fire at building site of palace in Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) - A fire broke out on Wednesday at the royal palace that is being rebuilt at great expense in central Berlin, the fire service said. The Berlin fire service said in a Tweet that smoke...
Apr 08, 2020
China snake village scales down as coronavirus prompts wildlife trade ban
By David Stanway ZISIQIAO, China (Reuters) - Since China began frantic efforts to curb a coronavirus epidemic in late January, residents in the tiny snake breeding village of Zisiqiao have had to come...
Apr 08, 2020
BMW to start producing face masks
MUNICH (Reuters) - German carmaker BMW will start producing face masks to help protect its own staff and the public against the spread of the new coronavirus, Chief Executive Oliver Zipse said on Wedn...
Apr 08, 2020
Former Citic Bank president arrested on corruption charge: China prosecutor
BEIJING (Reuters) - The top Chinese prosecutor said on Wednesday that Sun Deshun, former president of China's Citic Bank Corp Ltd , had been arrested on a charge of corruption. The Supreme People's Pr...
Apr 08, 2020
Philippines reports five new deaths, 106 more coronavirus cases
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry said on Wednesday the coronavirus outbreak has killed five more people, with 106 additional infections. In a bulletin, the health ministry said tota...
Apr 08, 2020
German economy likely shrank by record 9.8% in second-quarter due to coronavirus: institutes
BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe's largest economy probably shrank by 9.8% in the second quarter, its biggest decline since records began in 1970 and more than double the decline seen during the global finan...
Apr 08, 2020
