Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden to unveil plan to combat racial inequities
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will explain how he would address systemic racism and racial economic inequality in a speech on Tuesday, outlining the fourth and f...
Jul 28, 2020
Australia sends medical team to Papua New Guinea as coronavirus cases rise
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said on Tuesday it was sending a medical team to help Papua New Guinea fight an outbreak of coronavirus after the neighbouring country experienced a rise in infections. Th...
Jul 28, 2020
UK retail sales survey highest since April 2019, CBI says
LONDON (Reuters) - A gauge of British retail sales surged in July to its highest level in over a year as more of the economy reopened following the coronavirus lockdown, driven mostly by grocery sales...
Jul 28, 2020
U.S. senator introduces legislation to curb Big Tech’s ad business
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Tuesday introduced legislation that would penalize large tech companies that sell or show targeted advertisements by threatenin...
Jul 28, 2020
Facebook gains court order to temporarily stop EU antitrust data demand
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook has secured a court order to temporarily stop EU antitrust regulators' information requests related to their investigations into the company's data and online marketplace...
Jul 28, 2020
Iran hits new record of 235 deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours – health ministry
(Reuters) - Iran has notched up a new daily record of 235 deaths from the new coronavirus over the past 24 hours, according to official health ministry figures released on Tuesday. The Islamic Republi...
Jul 28, 2020
EU penalties for financial trades failures face delay to 2022
LONDON (Reuters) - European Union rules to punish failures to settle stock and bond trades could be delayed until February 2022 because of the pandemic, the bloc's securities watchdog said on Tuesday....
Jul 28, 2020
WHO says COVID-19 pandemic is ‘one big wave’, not seasonal
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned against complacency about new coronavirus transmission in the northern hemisphere summer, saying that this virus did not behave like ...
Jul 28, 2020
German court opens proceedings against VW over excessive labour pay
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German court on Tuesday said it had opened proceedings against current and former Volkswagen managers, including management board members, on suspicion of breaching their fiduc...
Jul 28, 2020
Iran holds annual Gulf drill amid rising tensions with U.S.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards launched a military drill in the Gulf on Tuesday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, at a time of high tension between Tehran and Washin...
Jul 28, 2020
