Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ukraine dusts off Soviet-era ventilator designs to help fight coronavirus
By Natalia Zinets KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine is dusting off Soviet-era ventilator designs that lay forgotten in a mothballed military factory for years in a bid to ramp up domestic production of equipme...
Mar 30, 2020
Factbox: Global economic policy response to coronavirus crisis
(Reuters) - Governments and central banks around the world have unleashed unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus and other support for economies floored by the coronavirus pandemic. The G20 said o...
Mar 30, 2020
Nearly 12,300 Spanish health workers have coronavirus
MADRID (Reuters) - Some 12,298 health workers have tested positive for coronavirus in Spain, deputy health emergency chief Maria Jose Sierra said at a news conference on Monday. That is equivalent to ...
Mar 30, 2020
Euro zone banks ditch dividends to build coronavirus war chest
By John Miller and Sinead Cruise ZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) - Banks across the euro zone are tearing up plans to return cash to shareholders at the behest of regulators, instead shoring up reserves as th...
Mar 30, 2020
Air strikes hit Houthi-held Yemeni capital Sanaa: witnesses
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi group in Yemen carried out several air strikes on Monday on the capital Sanaa, where bombings have been rare in recent months thanks to U....
Mar 30, 2020
Swiss coronavirus death toll nears 300, positive tests approach 15,500
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss death toll from coronavirus has reached 295 people, the country's public health bureau said on Monday, rising from 257 people on Sunday. The number of confirmed cases incr...
Mar 30, 2020
Carnival's Cunard extends suspension of cruises to May 15
(Reuters) - Carnival Corp's luxury cruise ships operator Cunard said on Monday it would extend the suspension of all voyages by a month to May 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Carnival, also the op...
Mar 30, 2020
Austria to ban tourist stays at hotels to stem coronavirus spread
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria is banning the use of hotels for tourism as part of wide-ranging efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus with Easter holidays approaching, Health Minister Rudolf Ansch...
Mar 30, 2020
Baseball: Masked South Korean players in practice game broadcast online
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The twanging sound of bat hitting ball pierced the eerie silence of an empty baseball stadium as a Lotte Giants player wearing a white surgical mask doubled to right ...
Mar 30, 2020
North Korea says U.S. will not drop hostile policy despite leaders' 'special relationship'
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said the United States will not drop its hostile policy even though their two leaders have a "special relationship", state media KCNA said on Monday. A No...
Mar 30, 2020
