Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Facebook eyes multi billion dollar stake in Reliance Jio: FT
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc is in talks to buy a multi billion dollar stake in Reliance Industries Ltd's telecom unit, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing two people with knowledge of the mat...
Mar 24, 2020
EU economics chief Gentiloni in precautionary self-isolation over virus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's economics commissioner Paolo Gentiloni is in self-isolation after a member of his staff showed symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavir...
Mar 24, 2020
Fed's 'bazooka' soothes dollar funding squeeze
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's efforts to shield the economy from the effects of the coronavirus have -- for now - slowed a scramble for dollars that threatened to clog ...
Mar 24, 2020
France's Air Liquide aims to boost production of ventilators
PARIS (Reuters) - The healthcare unit of French industrial gases company Air Liquide said on Tuesday it was ramping up production of ventilators needed by hospitals to deal with the coronavirus outbre...
Mar 24, 2020
Some 70 Nigerian soldiers killed in northeast militant ambush: sources
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Around 70 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an Islamist militant ambush in northeastern state of Borno, three military sources and a security source told Reuters on Tuesday. They ...
Mar 24, 2020
Brazil's Bolsonaro buries hatchet with China's Xi to fight coronavirus
By Jake Spring and Stephen Eisenhammer BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro laid to rest a diplomatic spat with China in a call with President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, with t...
Mar 24, 2020
Germany treats first Italians as coronavirus care crosses borders
BERLIN (Reuters) - German hospitals with spare capacity on Tuesday welcomed their first coronavirus patients from Italy, where an overwhelmed health care system has witnessed the outbreak kill more pe...
Mar 24, 2020
Spain to guarantee up to 80% of SME bank loans to ease virus impact
By Jess Aguado and Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government approved on Tuesday a burden-sharing scheme for banks as part of state-backed credit lines to help companies limit the impact o...
Mar 24, 2020
Yemen's Houthis block U.N. ship from leaving Hodeidah: government
DUBAI (Reuters) - Forces from Yemen's Houthi movement on Tuesday blocked a U.N.-chartered ship carrying representatives of the internationally recognized government from leaving Hodeidah port, the gov...
Mar 24, 2020
Putin dons hazmat suit as Moscow says coronavirus outbreak is worse than it looks
By Andrew Osborn and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin donned a hazmat suit and respirator on Tuesday during a visit to a hospital treating coronavirus patients and the mayor o...
Mar 24, 2020
