Author Archives: Syndicated Content
World prepares for coronavirus pandemic; global recession forecast
By Stephanie Nebehay and Ryan Woo GENEVA/BEIJING (Reuters) - Hopes the coronavirus would be contained to China vanished on Friday as infections spread rapidly around the world, countries started stock...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
California monitoring 8,400 people for possible coronavirus
By Andrew Hay and Hilary Russ (Reuters) - California is monitoring more than 8,400 people who arrived on commercial flights for coronavirus symptoms from "points of concern," but the state lacks test ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
K-pop boyband BTS cancels April Seoul concert amid virus concerns - Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - K-Pop boyband BTS canceled its scheduled April concert in Seoul, amid growing concerns of the new coronavirus outbreak, according to Yonhap. BTS had scheduled a "Map of the Soul" tou...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
U.N. chief declares women's inequality 'stupid' and a global shame
By Michelle Nichols (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called women's inequality "stupid" and a cause for global shame on Thursday, as he pledged to press governments to end...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
Australian regulators examine banks' pandemic preparations
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's prudential and corporate regulators are checking the contingency plans of banks and other financial institutions to prepare for a potential coronavirus pandemic which co...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
Dollar stumbles as coronavirus ramps up Fed cut bets
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar nursed losses on Friday after its worst day against the euro in nearly two years, as the global spread of the coronavirus fired up expectations for a ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
Chinese regulators remove game 'Plague Inc' from China app stores, developer says
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Strategy simulation game "Plague Inc.", which surged in popularity in China when the coronavirus epidemic first started, has been removed from the China app store after regulators...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
China appoints new deputy party secretary in Shanghai
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Communist Party's ruling Central Committee named a new deputy party secretary for Shanghai on Friday, after the previous deputy party secretary Ying Yong was transferred to...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
Global funds cut equity exposure in turbulent February, eye virus risk: Reuters poll
By Rahul Karunakar BENGALURU (Reuters) - Global funds changed course in February and recommended a cut to equity allocations in their model balanced portfolio after taking them to a two-year high in J...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
NBA fines Timberwolves $25K for resting Russell
The Minnesota Timberwolves were fined $25,000 by the NBA on Thursday for violating the league's player resting policy. The violation occurred when the Timberwolves were on the road to face the Denver ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
