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Cyclone pounds Vanuatu, levelling buildings, amid virus shutdown
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - A powerful tropical cyclone made landfall on the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Monday, witnesses said, levelling buildings in a country already in a state ...
Apr 06, 2020
UAE agriculture tech start-up secures $120 million investment commitment
DUBAI (Reuters) - United Arab Emirates agriculture technology start-up Pure Harvest Smart Farms has raised $20.6 million in fresh funding and secured commitments for a further $100 million, it said on...
Apr 06, 2020
Swiss face shortage of ethanol for disinfectant after abandoning stockpile
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland faces a shortage of the raw material needed to make disinfectant to tackle the coronavirus pandemic after the country abandoned its emergency reserve of 10,000 tonnes of...
Apr 06, 2020
Healthcare group Novacyt wins French approval for COVID testing product
PARIS (Reuters) - Novacyt's COVID-19 testing product has been approved by France's CNR arm of the Institut Pasteur, making it available for immediate distribution in France, the healthcare company sai...
Apr 06, 2020
Norwegian Air's March traffic tumbles 60% amid virus lockdown
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian Air's passenger volume fell by 60% year-on-year in March as the company gradually grounded its fleet amid global efforts to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus. The com...
Apr 06, 2020
UK new car sales plunge more than 40% in March - BBC
LONDON (Reuters) - New car registrations in Britain are expected to show an annual drop of more than 40% in March as the coronavirus crisis forced many would-be buyers to stay at home, the BBC said on...
Apr 06, 2020
Rolls-Royce scraps targets, dividend on pandemic hit
LONDON (Reuters) - British aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce said it was scrapping its targets and had decided against paying its last dividend, taking steps to shore up its finances as airlines around th...
Apr 06, 2020
European stock index futures jump as coronavirus death toll slows
(Reuters) - European stock index futures jumped more than 4% on Monday as a slowdown in coronavirus death toll in France and Italy raised hopes that lockdown measures were starting to show results. Eu...
Apr 06, 2020
U.S. Forces Japan declares health emergency for bases in Kanto region
TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. Forces Japan commander declared on Monday a public health emergency for its military bases in eastern Japan's Kanto region including Tokyo, which has seen a jump in the numb...
Apr 06, 2020
Taiwan March exports seen down almost 7% year-on-year on virus impact: Reuters poll
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's exports are expected to have decreased 6.74% in March compared with a year earlier, while they had seen a sharp increase in the previous month, due to the impact of the cor...
Apr 06, 2020
