Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pandemic likely to force India to borrow more, deficit monetisation is last resort: sources
By Aftab Ahmed, Swati Bhat and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Revenue shortfalls in India, the major economy hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, are likely to force the government to bo...
Sep 10, 2020
UN’s Guterres calls for $35 billion more for WHO COVID-19 program
ZURICH (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for $35 billion more, including $15 billion in the next three months, for the World Health Organization's "ACT-Accelerator" ...
Sep 10, 2020
A migrant mother saw her disabled son walk into the U.S. Then he disappeared
By Mimi Dwyer, Kristina Cooke and Sofia Menchu LOS ANGELES/PETEN, Guatemala (Reuters) - On Aug. 24, after waiting for five months in the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez for a U.S. asylum ...
Sep 10, 2020
New York office glut signals market downturn as COVID bites
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York is facing a glut of workspace as fear of COVID-19 has reduced the daily usage of office buildings to almost nothing, a devastating sign for a city already...
Sep 10, 2020
Advertising group aims to cut down on practice that harms news publishers
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - A digital advertising trade association has formed an initiative with more than 110 companies that it hopes will reduce the use of a common advertising practice that has sip...
Sep 10, 2020
How California’s wildfires could spark a financial crisis
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - Wildfires across the U.S. West are among the sparks from climate change that could ignite a U.S. financial crisis by damaging home values, state tourism and local government ...
Sep 10, 2020
Singapore Airlines to cut 4,300 jobs due to pandemic, most in its history
By Jamie Freed SYDNEY (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines Ltd said on Thursday it would cut 4,300 positions, or around 20% of its staff, due to the debilitating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on demand...
Sep 10, 2020
English tracing scheme shows weekly jump in number of COVID-19 cases
LONDON (Reuters) - The weekly number of positive COVID-19 cases in England jumped 43% at the end of August compared to the previous week, the latest data from the test and trace scheme showed on Thurs...
Sep 10, 2020
Andreescu hails pro tennis pioneers ‘Original 9’ ahead of 50th anniversary
(Reuters) - Bianca Andreescu has paid tribute to American great Billie Jean King and the eight other female players who signed $1 contracts to launch a new women's professional tennis circuit 50 years...
Sep 10, 2020
East German state quarantines zone around African swine fever find in wild boar
HAMBURG (Reuters) - The east German state of Brandenburg, where a case of African swine fever (ASF) was confirmed in a wild boar on Thursday, said it will impose a 15-kilometre quarantine zone around ...
Sep 10, 2020
