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France tiptoed out of one of Europe’s strictest coronavirus lockdowns on Monday, reopening shops, factories and some schools to revive the economy but wary of the risks of a second wave of infections. With the world’s fifth highest official death toll, France is allowing a return to workplaces with social distancing measures and re-opening schools in phases. The country’s 67 million people can now leave home without government paperwork. “Everyone’s a little bit nervous. Wow! We don’t know where we’re headed but we’re off,” said Marc Mauny, a hair stylist who opened his salon in western France at the stroke…

London’s FTSE 100 rose for a fourth straight session on Monday, as investors pinned their hopes on a revival in business activity with Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlining plans to gradually ease some coronavirus-induced lockdown measures. While Johnson said on Sunday the lockdown will not end yet, he announced a limited easing of restrictions, including allowing people to exercise outside more often and encouraging some people to return to work. The FTSE 100 .FTSE climbed 0.4% and the mid-cap FTSE 250 .FTMC added 0.8%, as traders returning from a long weekend also caught up with strong gains in Europe on Friday, driven by an…

Britain’s easyJet (EZJ.L) urged the government to only keep quarantine requirements for a short period, while Heathrow Airport called for a plan to re-open borders, as new travel rules sent shockwaves through an industry already on its knees. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that a quarantine would soon be needed for people coming into this country by air to prevent a second peak of the coronavirus pandemic. The new rules, which airlines have been told will be a 14-day quarantine period for most people arriving from abroad, are likely to deter people from travelling. That has created…

A group of 50 refugees and asylum seekers flew from Greece to Britain on Monday to reunite with relatives in a transfer that had been held up by the coronavirus lockdown. The group includes 16 unaccompanied minors, Greek migration ministry officials said. Some 130 Greek nationals stranded in the UK because of the COVID-19 lockdown will be repatriated on the return flight, the ministry said. Greece hopes to gradually relocate around 1,600 vulnerable persons from its refugee camps to other countries in coming months. Monday’s group were relocated under the Dublin Treaty, an accord facilitating family reunifications if a close…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday give details of how to get the economy back to work, after his attempt to plot a nuanced exit from the coronavirus lockdown prompted confusion, opposition and even satire across the United Kingdom. In an address to the nation, Johnson said the lockdown would not end yet but encouraged some people to return to work, though the leaders of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland said they were sticking with the existing “stay-at-home” message. “This is not the time simply to end the lockdown,” Johnson said on Sunday evening. “Anyone who can’t work…

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Germany’s Bundesliga says it plans to re-start on May 15, making it the first of Europe’s top soccer leagues to get under way following the novel coronavirus stoppage, after being given the green light by the government on Wednesday. The government said the Bundesliga and second-tier 2. Bundesliga could re-start in the second half of May without spectators, adding that the German soccer league (DFL) would decide on the exact dates. The DFL, due to meet on Thursday, later confirmed in an SMS to Reuters that it planned to resume on May 15, saying that a report in the Bild…

said on Thursday its fourth-quarter profit soared 200% due to surging demand for its Switch games console, and that title Animal Crossing: New Horizons shifted a record 13.4 million units in its first six weeks. The Kyoto-based gaming company posted operating profit of 89.4 billion yen for January-March, Reuters’ calculations showed based on annual figures, smashing analyst estimates. Nintendo has defied scepticism over its ability to draw in consumers beyond a hardcore base in the Switch’s fourth year with the runaway success of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which has become the console’s fastest-selling title since launching on March 20. The…

A German Constitutional Court ruling this week that the European Central Bank had exceeded its powers will have no impact on the ECB’s actions to ensure there is adequate liquidity throughout the euro zone, governing council member Gabriel Makhlouf said. “I think it’s an interesting judgment, I think fundamentally it doesn’t actually get in the way of the ECB carrying on with its incredibly important job, especially at this time in the crisis… We are determined to respond forcefully to the challenges and to do whatever it takes to deliver our mandate,” Makhlouf told Irish national broadcaster RTE. “The judgment…