Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Migrant workers fear massive Singapore dormitory lockdown is coronavirus time bomb
By John Geddie and Ruma Paul SINGAPORE/DHAKA (Reuters) - Migrant workers living in vast Singapore dormitories cut off from the outside world due to the coronavirus outbreak fear their cramped and squa...
Apr 06, 2020
Iran death toll from coronavirus outbreak reaches 3,739: health ministry
(Reuters) - The death toll in Iran from the coronavirus outbreak has reached 3,739, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on state TV on Monday. The total number of people infected by corana...
Apr 06, 2020
France to see worst post-war downturn this year: minister
PARIS (Reuters) - France will likely see its worst post-war economic downturn this year, far surpassing the -2.2% slump seen in 2009 after the global financial crisis, its finance minister said on Mon...
Apr 06, 2020
Kremlin says Russia is ready for oil market cooperation
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow is ready to coordinate with other leading oil exporting countries to help to stabilise the global oil market, the Kremlin said on Monday. Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia's we...
Apr 06, 2020
Testing times for India in race to head off coronavirus epidemic
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, like a lot of countries plunged into crisis by the pandemic, is struggling to ramp up testing for the coronavirus, but in few places would the odds of c...
Apr 06, 2020
Australia's Kyrgios offers to drop food at doorstep of those in need
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios once again showed his compassionate side on Monday, pledging to help hungry people and drop off food at doorstep for those in need during the c...
Apr 06, 2020
Isolation a double-edged sword for West Bank’s Bedouin herders
By Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh and Adel Abu Nemeh AL UBEIDIYA, West Bank (Reuters) - Bedouin herders in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, already isolated by virtue of their nomadic lifestyle, have become more ...
Apr 06, 2020
Futures jump on hopes of slowdown in coronavirus cases
By Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures jumped about 4% on Monday after President Donald Trump expressed hope that the coronavirus health crisis in the United States was "leveling-o...
Apr 06, 2020
Swedish government seeks wider executive powers to fight virus
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's government is seeking wider executive powers, including the right to shut airports and railway stations without parliament's approval, in its fight to halt the spread of...
Apr 06, 2020
Malaysia reports 131 new coronavirus cases; 3,793 in total, with one new death
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Monday reported 131 new coronavirus infections, raising the country's total to 3,793 cases, the highest in Southeast Asia. The Health Ministry has recorded 62 deat...
Apr 06, 2020
