Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ecuador's largest gold and copper mines scale back as Coronavirus cases rapidly grow
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador said on Sunday that its largest gold and copper mines would reduce the number of workers and scale back operations to a minimum as the country registers a rapid growth of cor...
Mar 22, 2020
Algeria to import pharmaceutical products worth $100 million for coronavirus
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria will allocate $100 million to import pharmaceutical products and equipment to fight the coronavirus outbreak, the government said on Sunday. The North African country has s...
Mar 22, 2020
Philips to ramp up production of ventilators in coronavirus fight
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch health technology company Philips is to ramp up production of critical healthcare products to help diagnose and treat patients with the new coronavirus disease COVID-19. Ph...
Mar 22, 2020
Syria confirms first coronavirus case
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria on Sunday confirmed its first case of coronavirus, in a person who had come from abroad. Health Minister Nizar al-Yaziji told state media "necessary measures" had been taken re...
Mar 22, 2020
A quarter of Czech auto sector closed, 60 pct cutting output-industry group
PRAGUE (Reuters) - A quarter of the Czech auto sector will be shut by Monday while another 60% will have markedly cut production, the industry's lobby group said on Sunday, calling for fast-track meas...
Mar 22, 2020
Turkey's coronavirus death toll up nine to 30 as 289 new cases diagnosed - health minister
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's death toll from coronavirus increased by nine to 30 on Sunday as the number of confirmed cases rose by 289 to 1,256, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said. He said a total of...
Mar 22, 2020
'We are at war' says Spain of its coronavirus efforts, seeking extended state of emergency
By Joan Faus MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government sought on Sunday to extend until April 11 a state of emergency that it has imposed to try to control Europe's second-worst outbreak of coronaviru...
Mar 22, 2020
G20 finance ministers to hold talks as coronavirus fallout grows
PARIS (Reuters) - Finance ministers from the Group of 20 major economies are to meet by teleconference on Monday, according to the published agenda of French finance chief Bruno Le Maire. The talks, s...
Mar 22, 2020
Senate GOP coronavirus bill aides U.S. transit, airports but loans not cash for airlines
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Senate Republican coronavirus stimulus package would provide financial aid to U.S. airports, transit systems and passenger railr...
Mar 22, 2020
Self-isolated NFL players engage in group chats, workouts
By: Teresa M. Walker Tennessee Titans offensive tackle Dennis Kelly has been hunkered down with his family in the Indianapolis area since the birth of his third daughter a month ago. He has been self-...
Mar 22, 2020
