Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Thai cabinet to consider new economic measures on Friday - Deputy PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet will on Friday consider a new package of economic measures aimed at mitigating the impact of coronavirus over the next six months, a deputy prime minister said. ...
Apr 02, 2020
World food prices fall sharply in March because of coronavirus, oil slump: U.N
ROME (Reuters) - World food prices fell sharply in March, hit by a drop in demand tied to the coronavirus pandemic and a plunge in global oil prices, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. T...
Apr 02, 2020
Bank of Korea to prepare for emergency situations, review further measures to stabilise bond market
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's central bank chief said on Thursday the bank needs to prepare for emergency situations as it cannot rule out credit crunch risks in local financial markets given uncert...
Apr 02, 2020
Top EU court says eastern states broke law by refusing to host refugees
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's top court ruled on Thursday that Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic broke EU law by refusing to host their assigned share of refugees to ease the burden o...
Apr 02, 2020
Asian stock valuations drop to 15-month low in March: Refinitiv data
By Gaurav Dogra and Patturaja Murugaboopathy (Reuters) - Asian equities valuations dropped to lowest since December 2018 at the end of March, following accelerated selling of regional shares by global...
Apr 02, 2020
Russia's coronavirus cases jump to more than 3,500 in record daily rise
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's coronavirus case tally jumped to 3,548 on Thursday, a record daily increase of 771, Russia's crisis response centre said. Cases have been recorded in 76 of Russia's more th...
Apr 02, 2020
Almost 900,000 Spanish workers lost their job since coronavirus lockdown
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's social security data showed on Thursday that close to 900,000 workers lost their job since March 12 when the country went on coronavirus lockdown. Some 898,822 workers lost ...
Apr 02, 2020
Swedish producer of sanitizer introduces weekend shifts to meet coronavirus demand
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish cleaning product company Clemondo has introduced a weekend shift in its facility in Helsingborg, amid increased demand for its sanitary products due to the coronavirus, t...
Apr 02, 2020
Goodbye, green: Bangkok laments park closures in virus battle
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - For many residents of bustling Bangkok, a daily walk or run through central Lumpini Park is considered a sanity saver, and especially these days as most ...
Apr 02, 2020
De Beers Group CFO Patel to leave by end of July
LONDON (Reuters) - Diamond miner De Beers said on Thursday its Chief Financial Officer Nimesh Patel will leave the company on July 26 to join Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc . The company, which is wholl...
Apr 02, 2020
