Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Contactless payments can help cut contagion: EU banking watchdog
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union's banking watchdog told payment firms on Wednesday to make it easier for customers to make contactless payment, to help reduce the risk of catching coronavirus. T...
Mar 25, 2020
Australian cruise becomes nation's worst coronavirus cluster
By Kirsty Needham and Kate Lamb SYDNEY (Reuters) - Greg Butler was rushed to hospital with COVID-19 within days of getting home to self-isolate after being allowed off the Ruby Princess cruise liner i...
Mar 25, 2020
England's Fleetwood joins calls for Ryder Cup defense delay
(Reuters) - England's Tommy Fleetwood said Europe's Ryder Cup title defense should be postponed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, as this would give all golfers a fair chance to qualify. The ...
Mar 25, 2020
Iran coronavirus toll rises to 2,077 after 143 new deaths
(Reuters) - An Iranian health ministry official said on Wednesday that 2,077 people had died so far from the new coronavirus in Iran, with 143 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours. The total number of...
Mar 25, 2020
UK house price growth slowed in January: ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - British house price growth slowed in January, before the coronavirus began to hit Britain, after rising at its fastest rate in 11 months in December, official data showed on Wednesd...
Mar 25, 2020
Netherlands coronavirus transmission rate slowed, top health official says
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The head of the Netherlands' National Institute of Health (RIVM) said on Wednesday that based on its best estimates, growth in coronavirus transmissions had significantly slowed....
Mar 25, 2020
Walmart taps Sameer Aggarwal as CEO of Indian unit, says in touch with suppliers
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Walmart Inc on Wednesday named Sameer Aggarwal chief executive officer of Best Price, its Indian cash and carry business, and said it was in touch with supplier partners for adeq...
Mar 25, 2020
China to resume U.S. LPG imports as Beijing waives trade-war tariff: sources
By Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China has begun buying U.S. liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) again after a hiatus of nearly 20 months as Beijing waived punitive tariffs to boost imports of U.S. goods...
Mar 25, 2020
Hanoi to close all non-essential services to curb coronavirus spread
HANOI (Reuters) - All unnecessary services in Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, have been ordered to shut down as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the city's ruling body said on Wednesd...
Mar 25, 2020
160-year-old Vatican newspaper succumbs to coronavirus
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican daily L'Osservatore Romano, which Pope Francis has jokingly called "the party newspaper", suspended printing for only the third time in nearly 1...
Mar 25, 2020
