Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fed's Powell to update on economy Thursday in webcast statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell will give an update on the economy Thursday at 10 a.m. in a webcast sponsored by the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank, the Fed announ...
Apr 06, 2020
UK Prime Minister Johnson in intensive care after COVID-19 worsens
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been taken into the intensive care unit in hospital after his COVID-19 worsened, his office said on Monday. (Reporting by Paul Sandle; editi...
Apr 06, 2020
NFL going virtual for upcoming draft
The NFL draft will be conducted in a virtual format, with team personnel working from their homes. In a memo sent to the 32 teams, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell outlined procedures for the April 23-2...
Apr 06, 2020
Airbus announces additional production pauses
PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus said on Monday it had decided additional production pauses, in Germany and in the United States, in response to an industry-wide slowdown triggered by the coronavirus crisis. ...
Apr 06, 2020
Facebook asks users about coronavirus symptoms, releases friendship data to researchers
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday it would start surveying some U.S. users about their health as part of a Carnegie Mellon University research project aimed at genera...
Apr 06, 2020
Saudi Arabia imposes 24-hour curfew in Riyadh and other cities
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia imposed on Monday a 24-hour curfew in the capital Riyadh and a number of cities effective immediately and until further notice, as a precautionary measure against corona...
Apr 06, 2020
France's coronavirus death rate accelerates, cases near 100,000
PARIS (Reuters) - France's coronavirus figures on Monday showed that the rate of increase in fatalities - now at almost 9,000 - sped up again after several days of slowing, while the increase in peopl...
Apr 06, 2020
Irish demand for social benefits soars as coronavirus bites
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The number of people in Ireland dependent on social welfare income support amidst the coronavirus outbreak has soared to more than 700,000 based on numbers released on Monday by the...
Apr 06, 2020
Zimbabwe eases coronavirus lockdown to allow diaspora remittances flow
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will allow citizens to access remittances from the diaspora and permit farmers to take their produce to the market, easing a three-week coronavirus lockdown that analysts f...
Apr 06, 2020
U.S. flights returning Guatemalan deportees halted one week: Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's foreign ministry said on Monday that all flights from the United States returning deported Guatemalan migrants are suspended this week due to the coronavirus pan...
Apr 06, 2020
