Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China's jobseekers cast uneasy eye on opportunities in virus-hit economy
By Muyu Xu and Gavin Maguire BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's job market is showing signs of recovery as firms resume operations and an easing of measures to contain a coronavirus allow hundreds ...
Mar 5, 2020
Russian court fines Putin critic's group over foreign agent law - group spokeswoman
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Thursday fined opposition politician Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation 500,000 roubles ($7,536) for failing to identify itself as a foreign agent on soc...
Mar 5, 2020
World food prices dip in February, cereal outlook up: U.N.
ROME (Reuters) - World food prices slipped in February, ending four months of successive increases, driven by falls in prices for vegetable oils, meat and grains, the United Nations food agency said o...
Mar 5, 2020
Swiss report first coronavirus death
ZURICH (Reuters) - A 74-year-old woman in western Switzerland has died after contracting the new coronavirus, the country's first death from the rapidly spreading disease outbreak, regional police sai...
Mar 5, 2020
Record profit lifts Aviva shares, pays out on coronavirus claims
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - Aviva shares jumped on Thursday as the life and general insurer posted a record profit in its first year under chief executive Maurice Tulloch, although he said coro...
Mar 5, 2020
Robotic arm designed in China could help save lives on medical frontline
By Martin Pollard SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Researchers at one of China's top universities have designed a robot they say could help save lives on the frontline during the coronavirus outbreak. The machine...
Mar 5, 2020
India plans to airlift components from China to help local tech industry: sources
By Sankalp Phartiyal and Philip George NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is planning to backstop its growing electronics sector by arranging to airlift components from China, three government officials said...
Mar 5, 2020
As India coronavirus cases spike, experts daunted by prospect of South Asia spread
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) - India has ramped up the screening of travelers to keep the coronavirus at bay but a flurry of new cases has experts warning that it may be hard to contain a s...
Mar 5, 2020
Iraq cancels Friday prayer in Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala over coronavirus - statement
KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq canceled Friday prayers in the Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala due to concerns about the coronavirus, a statement from the holy site administration said on Thursday. Kerbal...
Mar 5, 2020
Britain's John Lewis launches strategy review after profit slide
LONDON (Reuters) - British employee-owned retailer, the John Lewis Partnership, has launched a strategic review of its business after reporting a 23% fall in annual profit, a third straight decline, p...
Mar 5, 2020
