Author Archives: Syndicated Content
‘All we have left is to hope and pray’: Travelers stranded in airport by coronavirus
By Poppy McPherson BANGKOK (Reuters) - Russian hostel manager Valerie Azure has spent the past three nights sleeping on the floor of a Malaysian airport along with her young son, after Southeast Asian...
Mar 26, 2020
Ford aims to restart production at some North American plants in April
(Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it was aiming to restart production at some plants in North America as early as April 6. The No. 2. U.S. automaker said it was bringing key plants back onlin...
Mar 26, 2020
Too early to decide if Tour de France can go ahead this year - ministry
PARIS (Reuters) - It is too soon to decide whether the Tour de France can go ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic, a French Sports Ministry spokeswoman told Reuters on Thursday. French media have specu...
Mar 26, 2020
Detroit's near future based on SUVs, not EVs, production plans show
By Paul Lienert, Joseph White and Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co have widely touted their commitment to emission-free electric cars, but their production plans sho...
Mar 26, 2020
Beware second waves of COVID-19 if lockdowns eased early: study
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Extending school and work closures at the coronavirus' ground zero in China may delay a second wave of infections, researchers said on Thursday, urging the rest of t...
Mar 26, 2020
BOJ newcomer shuns rate cut as tool to fight coronavirus impact
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan's new board member Seiji Adachi said on Thursday providing liquidity to markets was a better way to respond to an economic crisis, such as that pose...
Mar 26, 2020
Coronavirus strands Peruvian singer in Finnish Arctic
ROVANIEMI, Finland (Reuters) - When Peruvian musician Victor Alarcon set out on his dream trip to shoot a music video in the Finnish Arctic for his single called 'Aurora Boreal' (Northern Lights), he ...
Mar 26, 2020
Drugmakers Mylan, Pfizer delay merger due to coronavirus outbreak
(Reuters) - Drugmaker Mylan NV's merger with Pfizer Inc's off-patent branded drug unit, Upjohn, would now close in the second half of 2020 due to the delays surrounding coronavirus, the companies said...
Mar 26, 2020
U.S. FDA approves Bristol-Myers MS drug, coronavirus to delay launch
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment, Zeposia, but its launch will be delayed due to the coronavirus outbr...
Mar 26, 2020
Kazakhstan says foils Islamic State bomb attack
ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's National Security Committee has detained a man suspected of planning a bomb attack in the capital, Nur-Sultan, on behalf of Islamic State, the security body said on Thu...
Mar 26, 2020
