Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pakistan court commutes death sentence of key accused in Daniel Pearl killing: lawyer
KARACHI (Reuters) - A Pakistani court has commuted the death sentences of the main person accused in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, and acquitted three ot...
Apr 02, 2020
Indonesia central bank says in talks with U.S. Fed, China on swap lines
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's central bank and the U.S. Federal Reserve have been "discussing intensively" for a potential currency swap and repurchase line, Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warji...
Apr 02, 2020
WHO expects Malaysia's coronavirus cases to peak in mid-April
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The number of coronavirus cases in Malaysia is expected to peak in mid-April, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday, adding that there are signs of a flattening of th...
Apr 02, 2020
Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) voiced deep concern on Wednesday about the rapid escalation and global spread of the coronavirus. "In the next few days, we will reach 1 million confirm...
Apr 02, 2020
Guatemalan migrant in U.S. custody positive for coronavirus: foreign ministry
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A Guatemalan migrant in U.S. custody has been hospitalized with coronavirus in the United States, the Guatemalan foreign ministry said on Wednesday. It was t...
Apr 02, 2020
Top managers at French group Sodexo agree to pay cuts
PARIS (Reuters) - Top managers at French food services and catering company Sodexo have agreed to pay cuts, which it said would help fund a 30-million-euro ($33-million) programme to aid staff facing ...
Apr 02, 2020
Delivery Hero takes steps to support struggling restaurants
BERLIN (Reuters) - Delivery Hero , one of the world's top online food delivery marketplaces, announced measures on Thursday to support restaurants that are trying to survive coronavirus lockdowns by r...
Apr 02, 2020
U.S. weekly jobless claims seen at record high: again
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits likely shot to a record high for a second week in a row as more jurisdictions enforced stay-at-...
Apr 02, 2020
Best of the worst: Some U.S. bond funds escape full trauma of energy meltdown
By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON (Reuters) - A handful of U.S. bond funds with heavy exposure to energy debt managed to beat their benchmark in March by avoiding the most calamitous corners of an industry way...
Apr 02, 2020
For Argentine farmers, pandemic threatens livelihoods and upends gaucho traditions
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - "Boys, from now on each one brings his own plate, knife and fork. And the mates are no longer shared." This grim announcement by Argentine farmer Javier Do...
Apr 02, 2020
