Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Two-thirds of Lufthansa's staff to shorten work hours: report
BERLIN (Reuters) - Almost two-thirds of Lufthansa's global staff will work reduced hours after the German airline grounded much of its fleet due to the coronavirus pandemic, a news site reported on We...
Apr 01, 2020
Mother of invention: the new gadgets dreamt up to fight coronavirus
By Josephine Mason, Peter Henderson and Luiza Ilie LONDON/OAKLAND/BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Driving to work at his factory to the west of London last week, designer Steve Brooks had coronavirus on his min...
Apr 01, 2020
German retail sales boom as shoppers stockpile for coronavirus
BERLIN (Reuters) - German households stocking up on daily essentials ahead of anticipated lock-down and quarantine measures caused retail sales in Germany to surge far beyond expectations in February,...
Apr 01, 2020
UK aims to test 25,000 a day for coronavirus by mid-April: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is aiming to increase the number of tests for coronavirus to 25,000 a day by the middle of the month from its present capacity of 12,750 a day, housing minister Robert Jenri...
Apr 01, 2020
Shoppers shout over the wall in China's Wuhan
By Thomas Suen and Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) - Lockdowns are slowly being lifted in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, but not fast enough for some residents...
Apr 01, 2020
Swedish hotel and restaurant bankruptcies soar as pandemic hits
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Record numbers of hotels and restaurants went bankrupt in March in Sweden as customers stayed at home to avoid spreading the coronavirus, figures from credit information firm UC ...
Apr 01, 2020
European stock index futures slide as coronavirus damage grows
(Reuters) - European stock index futures fell more than 3% on Wednesday as dismal economic data from Asia underlined the damage to the economy from the coronavirus pandemic and fanned fears of a deep ...
Apr 01, 2020
Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and his top healthcare advisers urged Americans to follow strict social distancing measures ahead of a "tough two weeks" that could lead to at least 100,000 dea...
Apr 01, 2020
Italy's Economy Minister sees 6% fall in 2020 GDP as 'realistic' estimate: paper
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri said on Wednesday that the business lobby's forecast of a 6% fall in gross domestic product due to the coronavirus emergency this year is re...
Apr 01, 2020
U.S., South Korea scramble to seal defence cost-sharing deal as thousands put on unpaid leave
By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The commander of U.S. troops in South Korea on Wednesday called for negotiators to quickly resolve a cost-sharing dispute that has put more than 4,000 ...
Apr 01, 2020
