Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Keep calm and climb on: Tokyo holds test event despite coronavirus woes
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - Organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics pushed on with the test event for sports climbing on Friday even as a raft of matches and tournaments were being canceled or pos...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2020
Rationing and robbery: Coronavirus outbreak sparks toilet roll panic
By Byron Kaye and Chris Gallagher SYDNEY/TOKYO (Reuters) - In Australia, major grocers have restricted supplies to one pack per person. In Japan, rolls are chained to the wall in public toilets. In Ho...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2020
OPEC seeks big oil cut in crunch talks with Russia amid virus outbreak
By Rania El Gamal, Alex Lawler and Olesya Astakhova VIENNA (Reuters) - OPEC holds crunch talks with its allies on Friday after the group told Russia and others it wanted an additional 1.5 million barr...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2020
U.S. delays returning more 1MDB funds to Malaysia, sources say
By A. Ananthalakshmi and Liz Lee KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - -The U.S. Department of Justice has delayed the return to Malaysia of another $240 million of recovered money allegedly stolen from the 1MDB s...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2020
Peugeot CEO Tavares says China strategy needs rethink
RUEIL-MALMAISON, France (Reuters) - Peugeot boss Carlos Tavares said on Friday PSA and Fiat Chrysler (FCA) will need to review their strategy in China after the closing of the merger between the two g...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2020
Dutch MH17 trial to start without Russian, Ukrainian suspects
By Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Four fugitive suspects go on trial in the Netherlands on Monday charged with the murder of 298 passengers and crew aboard Malaysia A...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2020
Europe tumbles again as travel stocks knocked down
(Reuters) - European shares resumed their slide on Friday, with travel stocks bearing the brunt, on fears that the economic damage of the coronavirus outbreak will be much more severe than expected. T...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2020
EssilorLuxottica forecasts profit growth despite coronavirus impact
By Matthias Blamont PARIS (Reuters) - EssilorLuxottica expects continued profit growth this year after stronger 2019 results, saying on Friday the outbreak of coronavirus had not hit output at its Ita...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2020
Germany reports 134 new coronavirus cases - Robert Koch Institute
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany on Friday reported 134 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, the Robert Koch Institute said. The number of cases rose to 534, up from 400 reported on Thursday evening....
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2020
Special Report - Sleeping Beauty: How suspect gold reached top brands
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi, Mitra Taj and Peter Hobson LA RINCONADA, Peru (Reuters) - From the Andes mountains, thousands of artisanal gold-diggers for years sent fragments of metal to a Swiss valley. ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2020
