Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China cracks down on swine fever prevention as it urges higher production
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will closely monitor swine fever prevention measures as it pushes farmers to restore hog production to achieve its full-year target, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesda...
Apr 01, 2020
Russia's atomic agency reports four coronavirus cases: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom has confirmed four coronavirus cases among its employees, including one case in Hungary, the Interfax news agency cited the company's CEO ...
Apr 01, 2020
'Some of us will die': India's homeless stranded by coronavirus lockdown
By Zeba Siddiqui and Sunil Kataria NEW DELHI (Reuters) - In a densely packed neighborhood of Delhi, hundreds of homeless people queued up this week as volunteers doled out rice and peas from a vat in ...
Apr 01, 2020
Isolated and alone, Australians turn to pets during coronavirus shutdown
By James Redmayne SYDNEY (Reuters) - For Chris Moysa, a Sydney schoolteacher, the spread of coronavirus means long days at home without company. But like scores of other Australians, Moysa now has a n...
Apr 01, 2020
Explainer: Euro zone mulls package to support economy against coronavirus
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - With the euro zone economy in need of help during the coronavirus epidemic, officials have until April 9 to design a package that satisfies members with comple...
Apr 01, 2020
'There's no better present': Chinese businesses send masks to European clients
MADRID/BEIJING(Reuters) - With a dire shortage of protective face masks in Europe, even for health workers, a senior manager at a Spanish furniture store group was surprised to hear business partners ...
Apr 01, 2020
Motor racing - Silverstone holding out until end of April on British GP
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - British Grand Prix organizers have set an end of April deadline to decide whether the country's Formula One race goes ahead as scheduled in July or becomes another c...
Apr 01, 2020
U.S. small businesses wait impatiently for government aid that could be slow to come
By David Henry, Heather Timmons and Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As soon as New York officials began detailing their response to the coronavirus, Matt Preis knew his staff ...
Apr 01, 2020
Ugandan doctors say anti-coronavirus measures could cause deaths
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan health workers have accused the government of endangering the lives of expectant mothers and those in medical emergencies by requiring that all seek pe...
Apr 01, 2020
EU proposes short-time work scheme to avoid lay-offs amid epidemic
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commision proposed on Wednesday a new state-supported short-time work scheme to help people keep their jobs as the coronavirus epidemic takes its toll on economies ac...
Apr 01, 2020
