Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. airlines cheer government relief, warn weak demand may still force downsizing
By Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines Holdings Inc and Delta Air Lines pledged to maintain staff until Sept. 30 thanks to a government relief package passed on Friday, but warned of co...
Mar 27, 2020
Guinea referendum backs constitutional changes that may extend president's rule
CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea has voted overwhelmingly for a change in the constitution, according to provisional results of a referendum, an outcome which the opposition fears will allow President Alpha...
Mar 27, 2020
Cash handouts and bond buying: $10 trillion-plus deployed against virus
By Ritvik Carvalho and Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - More than 300 basis points in combined interest rate cuts, a tenth of annual output in central bank stimulus and $5 trillion of new government sp...
Mar 27, 2020
South Africa small businesses pray government aid eases coronavirus lockdown
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Marius Delarey's spacious restaurant in an upmarket Johannesburg suburb thrived on bringing up to 250 people together at a time to share food, booze and lively co...
Mar 27, 2020
Turkey's Erdogan calls for 'voluntary quarantine' against coronavirus
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on more than 80 million citizens to implement a "voluntary quarantine" and not to leave their homes unless for basic and emergency needs, as ...
Mar 27, 2020
Abu Dhabi crown prince, Syrian president discuss coronavirus
CAIRO (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Syrian president Bashar al-Assad discussed the coronavirus pandemic over the phone on Friday, a statement from United A...
Mar 27, 2020
Davis Love III, wife escape fire that destroys home
(Reuters) - American golfer Davis Love III's home was destroyed by an early morning fire in Georgia on Friday but the 21-time PGA Tour winner said he and his wife were not injured in the early morning...
Mar 27, 2020
Sun Pharma's U.S. unit donates hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets in fight against coronavirus
(Reuters) - A subsidiary of India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said on Friday it had donated 2.5 million hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets in the United States as a potential treatment for cor...
Mar 27, 2020
U.S. Representative Joe Cunningham tested positive for coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Joe Cunningham, a Democrat from South Carolina, said Friday he had tested positive for the coronavirus, although his symptoms have already begun to improve. ...
Mar 27, 2020
Russia calls U.S. sanctions on Venezuela a 'tool of genocide' amid epidemic
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday U.S. "narco-terrorism" charges against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro were absurd, adding that sanctions on Caracas could become "a tool of genocide" amid...
Mar 27, 2020
