Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Coronavirus stokes fear among Venezuelan migrants in Latin America
By Oliver Griffin, Javier Andres Rojas and Marco Aquino BOGOTA/LIMA (Reuters) - For millions of Venezuelan migrants who fled the crisis in their homeland, many struggling daily in countries across Lat...
Mar 20, 2020
Britain's rail network cuts services, Heathrow shrinks
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's rail network will operate half its normal service during the coronavirus crisis, the government and rail industry body said on Friday, and Heathrow Airport's operations wi...
Mar 20, 2020
A poorer student falls behind in Hong Kong as coronavirus forces online learning
By Sarah Wu and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - When Hong Kong student Wendy received a question from her geography teacher during an online class, she scrambled to unmute her mother's cellphone, bu...
Mar 20, 2020
Volvo cars to temporarily close plants in U.S. and Sweden
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Swedish carmaker Volvo is suspending production at its factories in Sweden, the United States and Belgium, to curb the spread of the coronavirus, it said on Friday, even as it re...
Mar 20, 2020
Qatar eases exit restrictions on migrant employees in the oil and gas industry
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar has removed exit visa requirements for an additional segment of its foreign labour force, including some of those working in the oil and gas industry, according to official twe...
Mar 20, 2020
UK hopes newly-made ventilators will be ready for coronavirus fight next week
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday its scramble to produce thousands of ventilators to fight the coronavirus outbreak was achieving results as top companies have already produced a prototype an...
Mar 20, 2020
Deutsche Bank warns it may be 'materially' affected by virus impact
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank said on Friday that the impact of the coronavirus outbreak may affect the lender's ability to meet its financial targets. "We may be materially adversely affected b...
Mar 20, 2020
ECB's Villeroy says new package will be effective
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank's new crisis response package to fight the impact of the coronavirus outbreak impact will be effective, ECB governing council member Francois Villeroy de Ga...
Mar 20, 2020
Britain's M&S warns of 'severe impact' from coronavirus
LONDON (Reuters) - British retailer Marks & Spencer said on Friday trading over the next 9-12 months in its clothing and homewares and international businesses was likely to be "severely impacted" by ...
Mar 20, 2020
Exclusive: Tencent-backed Yuanfudao near to close new fundraising at $7.5 billion valuation - sources
By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese online education platform Yuanfudao, which is backed by tech giant Tencent Holdings , is close to completing a financing round that would val...
Mar 20, 2020
