Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Locked-down French care home combats loneliness with Skype chats
By Christian Hartmann BISCHWILLER, France (Reuters) - The Skype call had to be rebooted, but after several attempts Danielle Martin, a 71-year-old locked down inside a French retirement home, could fi...
Apr 10, 2020
INEOS to deliver hand sanitisers to NHS hospitals
(Reuters) - Chemical company INEOS, which sponsors the Tour de France-winning cycling team, is starting to deliver hand sanitisers to NHS hospitals as part of its efforts to help Britain contain the c...
Apr 10, 2020
Ireland set to lift lockdown step-by-step when virus restrictions ease
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will potentially ease stay-at-home restrictions and allow some shops to reopen in the coming weeks as part of a step-by-step scaling back of the country's coronavirus lockdo...
Apr 10, 2020
Diamond miner Alrosa reports 60% sales fall as coronavirus hits trade
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian diamond producer Alrosa on Friday reported a 60% fall in March sales versus a year earlier citing the spread of the coronavirus for the fall in demand. The virus also hit th...
Apr 10, 2020
Explosion rocks Valero Meraux, Louisiana, refinery: local TV
HOUSTON (Reuters) - An early morning explosion rocked Valero Energy Corp's 125,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Meraux, Louisiana, refinery on the east side of New Orleans, a New Orleans television station re...
Apr 10, 2020
Coronavirus drug hopefuls are cheap to make but may be in short supply
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Drugs being re-purposed in hopes they will help against COVID-19 cost little to make but may prove challenging to produce in quantities needed for a pandemic, a drug ...
Apr 10, 2020
Tired and sick, Spanish nurse ponders coronavirus missteps
By Beln Carreo MADRID (Reuters) - Auxiliary nurse Chelo Megia soldiered on through the toughest weeks of the coronavirus epidemic as it decimated elderly residents of a Spanish care home where she has...
Apr 10, 2020
Coronavirus curfew creates water shortage for Burkina Faso's poorest
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Nowadays Rahinatou Diasso scolds her children when they wash with too much water. It has become a precious resource since Burkina Faso's coronavirus curfew stopped those in poo...
Apr 10, 2020
China March new loans surge to $405 billion as coronavirus stimulus kicks in
By Judy Hua and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - New bank lending in China climbed to 2.85 trillion yuan ($405 billion) in March, with total social financing hitting a record, as the central bank pumped ...
Apr 10, 2020
Philippine penitents perform Easter rites despite coronavirus
MANILA (Reuters) - Some Catholic penitents flagellated themselves and prayed outside closed churches in the Philippines to commemorate the death of Jesus on Good Friday, despite strict government orde...
Apr 10, 2020
