Author Archives: Syndicated Content
After fleeing, China-based expats risk being stranded as global borders close
By Engen Tham and David Kirton SHANGHAI/SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Expatriates living in China, who left in droves when the coronavirus outbreak hit in earnest in late January, face rising hurdles as...
Mar 20, 2020
France's Macron says only at start of coronavirus crisis
PARIS (Reuters) - France is only at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis and is in a race to curb its progress, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday. "We are at the start of this crisis. We hav...
Mar 20, 2020
German unemployment could top three million in worst coronavirus case: institute
(Reuters) - Germany's unemployment could climb by 90,000 to 2.356 million in 2020 if the crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic is mild, but the number of people out of work could top 3 million if ...
Mar 20, 2020
'We've got a moat': Tasmania cuts itself off from Australia
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's southern island state of Tasmania is quarantining itself from the mainland to stop the spread of coronavirus - after Saturday anyone who enters, even from elsewhere in t...
Mar 20, 2020
Taiwan coronavirus cases jump again, second death reported
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The number of coronavirus cases in Taiwan jumped again on Friday with 27 new infections, taking the total to 135, with a second death also reported, as the island fights to contain ...
Mar 20, 2020
Indonesian president vows to use all powers to tackle health, economic woes
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Friday he would use "all state power" to tackle the health and economic problems caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Authorities launched r...
Mar 20, 2020
ECB's Villeroy tells big firms not to hoard liquidity
PARIS (Reuters) - ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau on Friday urged firms not to tap their banks for more liquidity than they really need, likening such firms to households hoarding pasta du...
Mar 20, 2020
Winter is coming: cooling weather in Brazil could fan coronavirus outbreak
By Gabriel Stargardter and Jake Spring RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - The coronavirus outbreak is landing in Brazil as the hot summer days in the southern hemisphere draw to a close and winter ap...
Mar 20, 2020
U.S. to Iran: Coronavirus won't save you from sanctions
By Arshad Mohammed, Daphne Psaledakis and Parisa Hafezi WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States sent Iran a blunt message this week: the spread of the coronavirus will not save it from U.S. san...
Mar 20, 2020
Hong Kong activates only a third of virus quarantine wristbands as thousands return home
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Many overseas arrivals in the Asian financial hub of Hong Kong are going unmonitored as they begin two weeks of mandatory self-quarantine, with only a third of the 6,000 electron...
Mar 20, 2020
