Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Albania halts schools, Italy flights, ferries over coronavirus
By Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania reported its first coronavirus infections on Monday - two men who returned from Italy and four family members of one of them - prompting the government to sh...
Thomson Reuters Mar 09, 2020
Fukushima dreams: a baseball star, a father and their shattered town
By Mari Saito IITATE, Japan (Reuters) - Kazuo Ouchi drives down a single-lane road through sheets of rain until he reaches a gravel driveway leading to a weathered farmhouse. Yellowing lace curtains a...
Thomson Reuters Mar 09, 2020
On 'day without us' protest, some Mexican women prefer to work
By Carlos Jasso ECATEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) - Millions of women across Mexico stayed home from factories, offices and schools on Monday in protest at gender violence - but some who turned up to their j...
Thomson Reuters Mar 09, 2020
Storms and coronavirus kept UK shoppers at home in February
LONDON (Reuters) - More than one in four people in Britain put off going shopping or visiting other busy places last month because of the spread of coronavirus, but stormy weather had an even bigger i...
Thomson Reuters Mar 09, 2020
MLB, MLS, NBA and NHL restrict locker room access amid coronavirus concern
(Reuters) - Four major North American professional sports leagues said on Monday they were temporarily restricting locker room access to players and "essential staff" amid the global coronavirus outbr...
Thomson Reuters Mar 09, 2020
Oil price plunge ramps up pressure on Pemex; hedge programs in focus
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A crash in crude prices has intensified pressure on the finances of Mexican state oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), which is facing the threat of a ratings d...
Thomson Reuters Mar 09, 2020
Asia shares try to find a floor after headlong fall
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian markets were set for a fraught session on Tuesday after Wall Street suffered its biggest one-day loss since the 2008 financial crisis, piling pressure on policy ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 09, 2020
Team USA postpones athlete media summit, citing coronavirus concerns
(Reuters) - The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has postponed its 2020 Team USA Media Summit, where top U.S. athletes were expected to gather in Los Angeles next week ahead of the Tokyo ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 09, 2020
Blackwater founder Prince's company enters Congo insurance industry
By Hereward Holland KINSHASA (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo has granted an insurance license to a subsidiary of Hong-Kong-listed Frontier Services Group (FSG), a security and logistics c...
Thomson Reuters Mar 09, 2020
Commander of U.S. Army Europe may have been exposed to coronavirus
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. Army commander in Europe may have been exposed to the coronavirus, while a Marine who tested positive for it had been working for a defense agency c...
Thomson Reuters Mar 09, 2020
