Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Shame on you, Britain tells coronavirus panic-buyers
By Sarah Young and James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Saturday told people who were panic-buying and hoarding food due to the coronavirus outbreak to calm down, pointing to a video on social me...
Mar 21, 2020
LVMH orders 40 million masks from China for France
PARIS (Reuters) - LVMH , the world's biggest luxury goods group, is ordering 40 million health masks from a Chinese supplier to help France cope with the coronavirus outbreak. The first order, for a t...
Mar 21, 2020
Virus grows, as do questions: Will the Tokyo Olympics open?
By: Stephen Wade TOKYO - The Olympic flame has arrived in Japan from Greece. Next comes the torch relay around the country, which is scheduled to start on Thursday cture in northern Japan. Organizers ...
Mar 21, 2020
Exclusive: Amazon raises overtime pay for warehouse workers
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Saturday it is raising overtime pay for associates working in its U.S. warehouses, as the world's largest online retailer tries to meet the rapidly gro...
Mar 21, 2020
Bolivians look to traditional medicine to fight coronavirus spread
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivians are looking to traditional medicine, such as coca leaves, eucalyptus and indigenous herbs native to the South American country, to ward off the coronavirus that has killed...
Mar 21, 2020
Egypt shuts mosques and churches over coronavirus fears
By Mahmoud Mourad CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Saturday ordered mosques and churches to shut their doors to worshippers in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, after calls for the government...
Mar 21, 2020
Volkswagen to shut some factories for more than two weeks: CEO
(Reuters) - German carmaker Volkswagen AG said on Saturday its factories will be closing for two weeks and in some regions three, amid growing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. "Most of our...
Mar 21, 2020
USA Track and Field calls for Tokyo Olympics postponement
(Reuters) - USA Track and Field, athletics' U.S. governing body, on Saturday called for a postponement of the Tokyo Olympics. The federation, in a letter to United States Olympic & Paralympic Committe...
Mar 21, 2020
Wells Fargo asks Fed to lift cap on growth to support customers: FT
(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co has asked the U.S. Federal Reserve to remove an asset cap introduced during its accounts scandal in order to allow it to support businesses and customers hit by the corona...
Mar 21, 2020
Poor Indians flee to villages as coronavirus measures take heavy toll
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Prashant Waydande MUMBAI (Reuters) - Thousands of poor city migrants whose livelihoods have collapsed due to India's coronavirus measures headed back to their villages on Sa...
Mar 21, 2020
