Author Archives: Syndicated Content
European Commission tells staff to work from home due to coronavirus: source
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has decided to require most of its staff to work from home from Monday, March 16, due to the coronavirus, a person working at the EU executive told Reuters...
Mar 12, 2020
Trump suggests one-year delay for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said officials should consider delaying the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games for one year amid the global coronavirus outbreak, saying the event ...
Mar 12, 2020
Vietnamese city advised to turn away cruise ship over coronavirus fears
HANOI (Reuters) - Health authorities in the southern Vietnamese city of Ho Chi Minh want to stop a Bahamas-flagged cruise ship with Italians on board docking at the economic hub on Friday over coronav...
Mar 12, 2020
Italy PM says euro zone finance ministers meeting Monday should focus only on coronavirus
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said euro zone finance ministers meeting on Monday should focus exclusively on ways to alleviate the economic fallout from the coronavirus. Under...
Mar 12, 2020
Coronavirus could cost U.S. advertising industry billions
By Sheila Dang and Helen Coster (Reuters) - The U.S. advertising industry could face steep losses as sports leagues cancel or postpone live events and consumers spend less while many stay at home duri...
Mar 12, 2020
Portugal's hotels brace for coronavirus losses, U.S. travel impact
LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese hotels are bracing for the loss of hundreds of millions of euros of revenue in the next few months due to the spreading coronavirus, while some of the country's top touri...
Mar 12, 2020
Red carpet called off for London premiere of 'Mulan'
LONDON (Reuters) - Disney's European premiere of "Mulan" in London's Leicester Square will be scaled down "in an abundance of caution", with no media line-up or red carpet, organizers said on Thursday...
Mar 12, 2020
Volkswagen hopes new software will banish accidents by 2050
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen will launch a new software operating system this year that it hopes will make accidents involving its cars a thing of the past by 2050, the company said on Thursday. Next...
Mar 12, 2020
France calls on Iraq to prevent future attacks on coalition bases
PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Thursday that Iraq needed to find those behind an attack on an international coalition military base that killed American and British troops and do everything to stop ...
Mar 12, 2020
German financial watchdog urges banks to prepare for trading at home
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's financial markets watchdog on Thursday urged banks to prepare their traders for trading at home in the midst of the expanding coronavirus crisis. Home offices are "acce...
Mar 12, 2020
