Best Buy withdraws fiscal 2021 financial guidance
(Reuters) – Best Buy Co Inc <BBY.N> said on Saturday that the company withdrew all financial guidance for fiscal 2021, for both the first quarter and full year, due to … Read More
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Australia’s Bondi Beach closed after crowds defy coronavirus rules
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian officials closed Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Saturday after thousands of people flocked there in recent days, defying social distancing orders to prevent … Read More
‘Let’s go to battle’: New Slovak government takes office amid coronavirus fight
By tomas mrva BRATISLAVA, March 21 (Reuters) – Slovak President Zuzana Caputova appointed a center-right coalition government on Saturday headed by Igor Matovic, leader of the Ordinary People (OLANO) party, … Read More
Central Asia tightens restrictions as coronavirus spreads
ALMATY (Reuters) – Authorities in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have announced fresh restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus as the number of cases in Central Asia rose. … Read More
Iran’s coronavirus deaths rise to 1,556, infections exceed 20,000: health ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose by more than 100 to 1,556 on Saturday and the total number of people infected now exceeds 20,000, a … Read More
Wells Fargo asks Fed to lift cap on growth to support customers: FT
(Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co <WFC.N> has asked the U.S. Federal Reserve to remove an asset cap introduced during its accounts scandal in order to allow it to support … Read More
Poor Indians flee to villages as coronavirus measures take heavy toll
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Prashant Waydande MUMBAI (Reuters) – Thousands of poor city migrants whose livelihoods have collapsed due to India’s coronavirus measures headed back to their villages on Saturday, … Read More
Army joins the production line as ventilator makers scramble to meet demand
By John Miller and and Elvira Pollina ZURICH (Reuters) – On March 6, Gianluca Preziosa, the head of an Italian ventilator maker, received an urgent request. The Italian authorities wanted … Read More
Gin to disinfectant: Belgian distillery joins fight against coronavirus
By Bart Biesemans and Jeremy Audouard WICHELEN, Belgium (Reuters) – A Belgian distillery has switched from producing gin to disinfectants after medical authorities sought additional supplies to cope with coronavirus … Read More
South Korea advises facilities suspension, experts warn of ‘long battle’ against coronavirus
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Saturday advised its public to close facilities and forgo socialising for 15 days, keeping to its policy of voluntary social distancing … Read More